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creative projects sewing · Written by Randi Dukes

DIY Personalized Soccer Bag

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This DIY personalized soccer bag post was written as part of a paid campaign with DecoArt and Blueprint Social.  All opinions are my own.  This post contains affiliate links.

I recently finished a project that I love and I’m really excited to share it with you!  I used a brand new DecoArt product to make a DIY personalized soccer bag {I actually made one for each of my twins} and I love the final result!

DIY personalized soccer bag

DecoArt has a new line of fabric inks called DecoArt Ink Effects and they sent me a box of them to try.  

I received all twelve available colors {a beautiful range: yellow, green, violet, purple, light green, orange, red, brown, turquoise, pink, blue, and black} plus Ink Effects Basecoat {for treating cotton prior to coloring}.  The product adheres best to synthetic fabrics but can be used on cotton and cotton blends by pretreating the fabric with the base coat.

decoart craft supplies

These inks allow you to paint any design on any type of paper and transfer it to white or light colored fabrics using an iron.  The final result isn’t stiff and it won’t flake off like some iron transfers or fabric paint.

decoart ink effects

This new product was perfect for an idea I had.

Luke and Lila both play soccer and I’ve been wanting to make them soccer bags for carrying their water bottles and balls to practices and games.  Inspired by this, I used fabric I had in my stash and sewed simple drawstring bags with white panels across the front.

how to make a drawstring bag for soccer

To personalize the bags, I printed clip-art pictures of soccer balls and printed the twins’ names in cute fonts.  

You have to print your image in reverse or you’ll end up with backwards text on your finished project.  {I knew this but forgot and Lila’s bag now has a patch over the backwards name.  Fortunately, the patch looks cute.}

Once you have your images and text, paint over them with the ink.  Since I had small details, I used a fine paintbrush and I used a couple of coats of ink.  The more ink you use, the brighter your final image will be.  I painted one soccer ball with black and one with orange and used red and pink for the names.

Let the ink dry for approximately forty-five minutes {or until completely dry} and then you’re ready to iron.

how to use decoart ink effects

I placed the first image {the soccer ball} where I wanted it and ironed it for about one minute on dry high heat {no steam}.  I was so excited to peel back the paper and see how cute the image looked!  

The colors will be a bit more muted than the original color on the paper and the longer you iron, the more vivid the colors will be.

customized soccer bag

I ironed Luke’s soccer ball on as well and then ironed the names over the balls.  You can reuse the images without repainting them with ink.  As they’re used repeatedly, the image will grow lighter but that would give a neat effect on certain projects.

soccer bag for boys

I love the way these soccer bags turned out and my twins absolutely love them!

soccer bag for girl

I haven’t washed our bags yet but Ink Effects images remain vivid even after laundering.

personalized DIY soccer bags for kids

My mind has been reeling with lots of other ideas for this ink and I can’t wait to keep playing!  What would you make?

 
Thanks for checking out my DIY Personalized Soccer Bag post. Check out my full collection of sewing articles. Find even more sewing projects, patterns, and tips for beginners and advanced sewists by Ashley Johnston, Liz Call, Mariah Leeson and Tauni Everett.
 


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About Randi Dukes

I’m Randi, a Dallas-based mom of five kids, ranging from third grade to college and including a set of twins. I love strong coffee, craft and DIY projects, my planner, and my big ol’ family. When I’m not creating something for my blog, I can be found in the car, running kids from one place to another. I’m the one knitting at the red light. Connect with me on google+ | twitter | facebook

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  1. Sandy Ang says

    July 10, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    what a fab idea

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  2. barb says

    July 10, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    The bags turned out great! I love those paints! No flaking! I can’t wait to see what else you do.

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  3. Tonia L says

    July 10, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    That is so cool! I want to try it out!

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  4. Jen Goode says

    July 10, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    Fantastic – love this idea!

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  5. Wendy says

    July 10, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    Love the layered effect, very cool!

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  6. Chrissy Taylor says

    July 12, 2012 at 12:38 am

    I love these! Such a great idea!

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  7. Emily says

    July 12, 2012 at 4:43 am

    Man.. so I need some of this stuff. I’m always looking for ways to make new t shirts. I wanted to let you know that Am giving you the Versatile Blogger award. I am amazed at how much awesome stuff you do with all the kids you have. I only have two and I feel like I have no time. Please come by and grab your award.

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