Make this Lucky Girl St. Patrick’s Day shirt for your little one, and then finish off the outfit with a DIY rainbow purse, and leather shamrock clip made with the Cricut Maker and EasyPress 2.
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My daughter is at the stage where she is really into dressing up for holidays! St. Patrick’s Day is coming soon, and I wanted to make her a fun outfit to wear to preschool, but I wanted it to be versatile enough to wear anytime! I was shopping the other day and found the inspiration for her entire outfit with these silver and rainbow shoes. Aren’t they the cutest?? I wanted to replicate the pattern and colors of this rainbow strap and bring it into her entire look. One thing I love about using my Cricut Maker, is that I can create custom items that look super cute for a fraction of what it would cost me at the store.
I was able to find all the right colors of Cricut Iron-On vinyl to match the shoes! Pretty awesome, right? Let’s start with the outfit portion, and I’ll show you what colors I used how I created the St. Patrick’s Day shirt and rainbow pockets on her pants.
DIY St. Patrick’s Day shirt
Lucky Girl Shirt Materials:
- Shirt you like (we got ours at Target)
- Everyday Iron-On vinyl (in Red, Orange, Yellow, and Raspberry)
- Sportsflex Iron-On vinyl in Seafoam
- Glitter Iron-On in Gold
- Cricut Maker
- Cricut EasyPress 2 – 6×7″ size
- EasyPress Mat – 8×10″ size
Start by opening this file in Design Space, which includes all the projects I’m sharing in this post!
It will prompt you to cut one color of vinyl at a time, so just make sure you are selecting Iron-On as the material, and you will need to turn Mirror ON for every color separately before you cut. 
Once everything is cut out, you will need to weed it!
Then you can place everything on the shirt so you can get an idea of where it needs to be ironed on.
Since you will be layering this design, start with the vinyl that has the highest heat temp, in this case it’s the gold glitter Iron-on. For this cotton shirt, I set my EasyPress to 330 degrees, for 30 seconds, after a quick 5-10 preheat of the material. Always make sure to reference the EasyPress Interactive Quick Reference guide for the heat settings and time for the materials you’re using. I keep the guide up on my phone all the time!
For the next layers, you will need to iron on one color at a time, so make sure you are distributing the heat evenly and covering the adhered layers with a protective carrier sheet as you go. The Everyday Iron-on requires a lower heat setting, so adjust your EasyPress temperature before you begin.
I’m obsessed with how the shirt turned out!
DIY Rainbow striped pockets
I used a similar layering technique to create these adorable rainbow pockets on the back of my daughter’s pants. You will have to cut each color of vinyl separately, but everything is sized in our design space file to fit the pants we did. You can size them up or down to fit your project! This is a really simple design, just a little tedious to iron on. But the end result is worth it!
The colors will cut individually, along with the letters in the shirt design. Once each colored rectangle is weeded, in order to line them up, I placed them on my light grip mat and got them all together in a block. Then, I cut a paper pattern to fit the shape of her pocket and placed it on top of the vinyl rainbow.
I traced the outline of the pocket directly on the carrier sheets for the vinyl to show me where I needed to cut.
One the shape was cut out, I placed it on the pocket and made small adjustments, trimming with my scissors as needed. Then I plugged in my EasyPress and got ready to press it on!
I peeled off all the other layers of colors, and started with the red strip first. You will iron on each color, one at a time, making sure to cover up the already adhered colors as you go. Just be careful as you are doing the warm peel of each layer to ensure a smooth surface on the vinyl.
It actually turned out a lot better than I thought it would! (I was a little nervous…) But look how cute that little rainbow bum looks!
Rainbow & Pot of Gold Purse
This project is my favorite of all! It turned out so cute, and my daughter is obsessed with carrying her rainbow purse everywhere with her!
Materials for St. Patrick’s Day purse:
- circle purse
- Cricut Iron-on vinyl (in all the colors listed above)
- Cricut EasyPress 2 – 6×7″ size
- EasyPress Mat – 8×10″ size
All of your vinyl will be cut in the individual colors (from the original cut) to make the rainbow, and the pot of gold will be cut in gold glitter. I started out with the glitter Iron-on again, and pressed it on to the lower half of the purse with my EasyPress. Make sure you select faux leather for the material in the interactive settings guide. The glitter went on really smoothly!
Now it’s time to attach the rainbow layers on top. You will follow the same process as the pockets, starting with the red piece first.
I love using my small 6×7″ EasyPress because it helps me get to the spots I need to press most.
Carefully peel up each layer until the rainbow is complete. It turned out so cute! I like that it is a nod to St. Patrick’s Day, but could be used anytime of the year.
Leather Shamrock hair clip
The final project to complete her St. Patrick’s Day ensemble is the silver leather shamrock hair clip I made with my Cricut Maker. I love how the silver metallic leather ties in perfectly with the silver faux leather on her shoes! My Maker allows me to work with a variety of materials in my DIY projects, including real genuine leather!
Materials for the shamrock hair clip:
- Cricut Metallic leather in Silver
- Strong Grip Mat 12×12
- Knife blade
- Cricut Maker
- hot glue
- alligator hair clip
Open the design file and find the gray colored shamrock design. When you click on Make it, make sure the correct material is selected. For the thickness of the metallic leather, I have found that the best material setting is the 6-7 oz. Tooling Leather, 2.8 mm.
Then you’ll want to make sure the leather is trimmed to 11″ wide before you place it on the mat, load the knife blade, and move all the star wheels over to the right side before your machine starts cutting. For more information on cutting leather with the knife blade, see this post. Once the shamrock has cut completely, turn it over and attach an alligator clip with hot glue.
This leather shamrock clip is the perfect finishing touch on my daughter’s St. Patrick’s Day outfit!
She’s dressed to impress (and hopefully not get pinched!) If you enjoyed learning how to make this DIY St. Patrick’s Day outfit, we would love for you to PIN it for later:
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