Gentlemen Broncos t-shirt {part 2}

We have a tradition to have our two thirteen year old nieces stay with us a few weeks each summer.  It seems each summer our visits have a movie theme.  Last year it was Hot Rod and we made Hulkamania t-shirts and this Hot Rod halloween costume.
This summer the movie is Gentlemen Broncos.

Each niece designed their t-shirt with an inside joke from the movie.  I made the shirts from a light grey knit I had in my stash.

So the first shirt was Aubree's.  She really wanted to have this character Lonnie on a shirt somehow.
 We took an image from the actual film, from the "bus scene".  It's really random, but has become one of our favorites.

WATCH BUS SCENE HERE

I finally decided how I could do this, and it combined freezer paper stenciling with fabric paint, and free motion sewing.
The hair, background of the face, and text were painted on with freezer paper stencils.
To sew the facial features on, I traced them on freezer paper and ironed it on top of the black background as a template.  Then I was able to sew the face on.

 

It makes more sense if you've seen the movie.

Brooklyn's shirt has a battle stag.

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A painted deer with applique rockets and red eye.

Beneath the stag, I sewed "oh my holy crap" with the free motion presser foot.

We made a third shirt for my other niece that couldn't come.  It's a larger battle stag {I still need to sew on the rockets}.