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Step 3You've got me in stitches...
Go around the pattern with a double row of straight stitches. If you have a machine that can do fancier edge binding or zig-zag stitches similar to an embroidered or bound edge, go ahead. This is to keep the fabric from fraying once we cut out the pattern and to give it some stability as we work with it.
If you have the clear shelf liner paper from the same dollar store, you may want to double it for our use because we will sew through it. The needle stitches make a line of perforations that you do not want to tear. Just stick a layer of shelf line over the other, carefully working out all of the air bubbles.
I opted not to use an opaque white shelf liner material because my light source wasn't bright enough to light it up well. You will see later that the white polyester batting fills in as the color and is able to transmit more light.
Cut out a piece that will cover your stencil pattern and generously overlap it by an inch or two. You will trim it later.
With the non-sticky side of the shelf liner paper facing up, place under the garment and position it so that it is under the entire stencil pattern. You can tape or pin in place or live dangerously and just hold it there until you can get it under the presser foot of your sewing machine.
Sew around the pattern twice. You should have a double seam with an 1/8th of an inch between the row of seams. Keep the plastic and fabric taut as you go.
If you have the clear shelf liner paper from the same dollar store, you may want to double it for our use because we will sew through it. The needle stitches make a line of perforations that you do not want to tear. Just stick a layer of shelf line over the other, carefully working out all of the air bubbles.
I opted not to use an opaque white shelf liner material because my light source wasn't bright enough to light it up well. You will see later that the white polyester batting fills in as the color and is able to transmit more light.
Cut out a piece that will cover your stencil pattern and generously overlap it by an inch or two. You will trim it later.
With the non-sticky side of the shelf liner paper facing up, place under the garment and position it so that it is under the entire stencil pattern. You can tape or pin in place or live dangerously and just hold it there until you can get it under the presser foot of your sewing machine.
Sew around the pattern twice. You should have a double seam with an 1/8th of an inch between the row of seams. Keep the plastic and fabric taut as you go.
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