A couple of years ago (maybe longer) I bought a Silhouette Cameo when it was on sale for a good price. I was hoping to be able to use it to cut out some of the shapes I need when I applique with my embroidery machine, but I couldn't get the software between the two machines to work well together. So, the Cameo sat in the closet, still with the factory seal tabs. I finally pulled it out, figured out the basic software it is designed for, and made a collection of shirts for all the members of Dorothy's twirling team to wear at Nationals.
The theme of their routine is Disney Villains, so I came up with designs using the different villains whose songs are used in the routine. I couldn't choose one design that summed up all the different songs, so each shirt is different; even if the same character appears more than once.
I made up the circular design, and left the center blank, as a template. Then, I filled in the center section with all the various designs I came up with. Here, from top to bottom/left to right, we have: Gaston, Ursula, Scar, Ursula again, Cruella De Vil, the Evil Queen from Snow White, and Mickey as the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Here's the other half of the team, with: Jafar, Scar, Jafar again, Cruella De Vil, The Queen of Hearts, Dr. Facilier, and The Queen of Hearts again. Some of the details in the designs don't show up well in the photos. The designs are very sparkly, which also doesn't come across in photos.
I put all the girls'names on the back since I had room on the transfer sheets I was using.
I had to email a couple of the moms to double check name spellings. I really hope I got them all right.
Here are a few slightly closer photos of the shirts. Some of the details, like highlights on Jafar's face, don't show up well here, but I think they turned out really great in person.
It's a bit hard to tell here, but the Queen of Hearts on the left, is swinging her flamingo croquet mallet.
I hope each girl likes the character they get. Not every girl does ever song, so I tried to match them up with characters where they are performing in that song.
These might be three of my favorites. The Mickey one is Dorothy's, and was my first as a test run to see if this would work at all. I didn't have this Cruella at first, but I was able to modify a pumpkin carving pattern, and it looks better than I thought it would when I started working with it.
The girls will get their shirts next week at their party before heading out to a week long competition. They will wear them on the day that their corps competes, while practicing. Hopefully, they all fit, and everyone likes them. I think they turned out very cute and look great all together. Fingers crossed they survive being washed so that they can wear them for other practices, later in the year.
