It’s been a lot of time since I was admiring these watermelon shorts from Boat People Vintage, seeing them everywhere on Pinterest. Thus I decided to make myself a watermelon outfit: having no white shorts to upholster in my wardrobe, I decided to go for a top. “Borrowed” a giant don’t-know-how-many-X large t-shirt from my father’s drawer and started cutting and painting like mad. Let’s dig the how-to of this watermelon summer top. Supplies are:

• shit, t-shirt, tank top or any white outfit
• pink, red and green acryilic paint
• medium sized potatoe
• thin brush
• a cup or similar

I started by cutting out some parts of the giant T-shirt to make it aprrox my size, making two big cuts to eliminte the sleeves and a diagonal cut in the lower part to make the look more like a hip-hop fitness styled top. Lay the top on the table and put some white paper beneath the front and the back, to prevent paint to pass through.

Grab your potatoe and cut it in half via the short side and then half again on the other side, obtaining a half moon. Lay it on a towel for a few mins so it dries. In the cup prepare the watermelon colour: 2 parts of pink with 1 part of red paint (but this depends on the hues you have, trust your eyes in colour making 😉 ). Normally people in these tutorials dip the potatoe in the colour, but I recommend painting it with the brush to obtain a most unifrom colour. Press firmly on the cloth and hold down the top when releasing the potatoe. Wonderful! Keep adding half moons all over and let dry for 30 mins.

Finally, we have to add the green skin by hand. Calm ladies, I also thought it would have been a disaster instead I was wrong! Go slowly and even if your line isn’t perfect it’s cool anyway! Done! If you want to add seeds with a black marker go ahead. I think it looks nice just like this.

I will use this top in my yoga lessons paired with a watermelon tank top beneath. Or to go at the beach. By the way, I’m on holidaaaaaay (I had to say this to the world) 😛

Summery love <3
Chiara