I saw some really cute sweatshirts in a store recently, but I wasn’t interested in the $88 price tag for something that my preschooler will outgrow (or lose) quickly. So I grabbed $14 of supplies and a hairdryer, and made her a custom varsity letter sweatshirt myself! It took about 5 minutes to make. Such an easy project!
If you want to do this on a denim jacket, you should check out my DIY denim jacket that I created for our pregnancy announcement
Custom Varsity Letter Sweatshirt
All you need are:
- A sweatshirt in your favorite color (I used this toddler sweatshirt that costs $10, but I also purchased these hooded zip ups for another project!)
- These varsity letter patches (they are iron-on patches)
- Your regular hair dryer
Technically these are iron-on patches, but I wondered if I could also do this with a hairdryer so I tried. It worked!
For extra strength, I will probably break out my sewing machine soon and just go around the edge of the letter, but it sticks really well even without doing that.
In fact, I’m going to make a few more of these since they’re so easy and came out so cute.
Tag me if you make one – I’d love to see!
How did they hold up? Should I sew?
I definitely recommend sewing the edges! With just a few stitches around the edges it’s held up beautifully in the washer/dryer!