DIY Tutorial - T-shirt stenciling with freezer paper!

This was fun to make and pretty easy! You should do it :)

 

You will need:

- a T-shirt (or whatever!) to stencil onto 

- freezer paper 

- cutting knife and rubber mat

- fabric paint

- a soft paintbrush and a bit of cardboard that's bigger than the image (not shown - oops!)

- a good stencil to use! I found mine online years ago, a good site to try is spraypaintstencils.com or you can Google around if you want something specific.

 

♥ Lets go! ♥

 
Step one: Place a piece of freezer paper over the stencil, waxy side down, papery side up. Carefully trace the image:

 

Step two: Taking your time, cut out (what would be) the black parts of the image using your cutting knife and mat, remembering to keep any little "floaty bits" that aren't attached:

 

Step three: Iron the stencil in place until the hotness has melted the waxy bit enough to stick firmly:

 

 Step four: Place your bit of card under the image and get your brush and fabric paint ready:

 

Step five: Fill in all the gaps with paint. Go carefully!! - it's best to use a very little amount and dab rather than brush so the paint doesn't bleed or pile up. Make sure you get all the edges and tiny holes:

 

Once you're done, leave it to dry until the next day. Go do something fun:

 

Step six: The exciting part! Carefully peel off your freezer paper stencil to reveal the image:

 

Hopefully it will be perfect, unlike mine:

 

If not, see if you can save it! I decided to cover my fail with hearts:

= Saved!

 

Step seven: Cover your image with a clean cloth or scrap of fabric and iron it for a couple of minutes to "set" the paint:

 

Step eight: Marvel at your new piece of clothing:

  

Try it on, wear it out, show it off!

xxx

 

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Comments

[Lindsay {Shrimp}]

This is SUCH a cute idea!!!

[Salmezan]

Eeeps! I love it! I think I am gonna get a plain canvas bag and start stenciling (once I think of a pattern I like)

thanks for sharing! xxx

[Amber]

OMG, I love it! LOVE it!! I want one!! so glad you made this a DIY, totally bookmarking!

Like said above, it'd be great on a tote bag!

[Christina]

Thank you! I have always wondered how Freezer paper could work for this...

I am going to try this with my HS crafts class.

[Aubrey]

Your shirt came out great! Thanks for the idea for stencils. I have wanted to try this but the whole drawing a design part held me up. :) I have a shirt that needs a little something too.

[x Corrine/Frock & Roll x]

This is such an amazingly excellent idea. I LOVE it!