Rainbow Dash Shirt

What's up everypony?

So, you want to be 20% cooler? You need this.

Yeah. That's a Rainbow Dash shirt. You want one.

So here's what you need:

One sky blue T-shirt, large on you
One white T-shirt, fitted
6 colors fabric paint, red orange yellow green blue purple (a rainbow)
Brushes
You'll also need measuring tape, cardboard, needle & thread (blue or white preferably), scissors, and a pencil.
...okay, so I didn't think of all that when I took the picture. so what?

Cut the sleeves off the white shirt. You'll be layering these, so you don't want too much bulk. You want to be streamlined.

Lay out the white shirt and get a piece of cardboard that fits inside. With a pencil, mark 7 horizontal lines on the shirt that go over the cardboard.

Start painting the lines of the rainbow.

The paint will take a while to dry, so to save time, do alternating lines. Paint the red, blue, and yellow, and let it dry. Go read some pony fanfics while you're waiting. Tell your brony friends about the awesome shirt you're making.

Then, when it's dry, come back and paint the other colors. Looks pretty cool now, doesn't it?

When all the colors are dry, measure the dimensions of the rectangle your rainbow's in. Also measure the distance from the neckline.

Measure that same rectangle on your blue shirt. Keep it the same distance from the neckline so they'll overlap. You can turn the shirt inside out if you want to hide the pencil marks later (but they'll wash out, too.)

Cut slits about 1/2 inch apart horizontally the length of the rectangle you've measured. If you had turned the shirt inside out, turn it right side out now.

Start looping the strips into each other. Strip 2 goes through strip 1, and strip 3 goes through strip 2, continue.

Here's maybe a better view if you need it.

And this is what it will start looking like when you get to the top.

Sew the top loop to the underside of the shirt.

Wear the white shirt under the blue. They may need a little readjusting to make the rectangles line up.

You are now wearing a Rainbow Dash shirt. Enjoy.


If the explanation for the loops was not clear enough, or you want to get your own ideas for pony-inspired shirts, check out Generation T. The looping was from project 101 in Generation T: Beyond Fashion. Both the books are fantastic and worth buying if you're interesting in redesigning your own T-shirts.