Pink and Creme

Making Your Own Sorority Letters

What you'll need:

• Your shirt!
• Fabric: Two sets, one for the foreground (typically a pattern) and a background (typically a solid) I used 4" block letters so a 6 inches of your fabric of more than enough. 
• Thread: Two sets. Can either be matching or complementary. 
• Twill (or Wonder Under): It is a firm steady fabric that makes your letter firm, neat and durable.
• No-sew glue
• Scissor
• Pen
• Sewing Machine
• Greek Letter Template (We'll make one!)

The first think you want to do is make your template. You can buy some offline or you can find a pair of letters that you already own and scan them. I cut them out and traced it. I found this to be the easiest way because they come out the exact sixe. Look my Kappa Delta family letters J

Since I knew that I was going to be making a lot of letters, I wanted a steadier template so I found the closest set of cardboard and went to cutting. You can use anything you want to make your template.

Getting out your fabric make sure you know which is your foreground and background. For this example I picked a steardy background green. It isn’t the exact feel of your letter backing but it is a heavy fabric. 

To give your letters a sterdy and durable feel I used a white twill material on the back of the green only. (I found out that is is easier to use Wonder Under, and heat and bond kind of stiff material instead of the twill and no-sew glue, but either work.) You'll want to used a continuous layer of twill and trace your letters backwards. Make sure if you have a certain pattern that you are cutting accordingly. 

Then cut them out! I used the no-sew glue to hold the foreground pattern to the background solid. I would suggest the glue or the heat bond because of the stiff twill the pins won't hold up. 

When you begin sewing make sure your sewing machine is in the zig zag setting. I used a brother sewing maching and the setting end up being around 1/8" stitch width and a 1/16" stitch length. Begin a example one on a scrap piece of fabric to get the stitching right. My threads were gold for the inside and green for the background. 

Use the edge of the fabric as your guide so that your stitching stays inside. And to keep it from unraveling, thread back and forth. Do the same when you glue your letters to your shirt. I tried it on and placed the letters where I wanted them marking the spot with a pen. Cut off the extra thread and your have your own greek sorority letters!