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You don't have to have screenprinting equipment to custom print a shirt.
This is a great way to refashion a hand-me-down, thrift store find or a favorite shirt that has a stain on the front.
Make freezer paper stencils in the design of your choice. Iron them down and paint your shirt. Then peel off the paper and heat set the paint. Done!
This is a great way to refashion a hand-me-down, thrift store find or a favorite shirt that has a stain on the front.
Make freezer paper stencils in the design of your choice. Iron them down and paint your shirt. Then peel off the paper and heat set the paint. Done!
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Materials list: (shown left to right in the photo)
Paper bowl or dish out of the recycle bin.
Stiff (cheap) paint brush.
Fabric Paint. I used Jaquard brand opaque white and black, and bronze metallic.
Scrap of fabric that matches your shirt.
Freezer paper. (It has wax on one side but not on the other. Buy it at the grocery store.)
Your chosen artwork. This can be a printout or a stamp. I used both.
X-acto knife
Large scrap of cardboard
Test paint colors on the scrap of fabric from your shirt or a similar fabric. This shirt used to be bigger and I cut down the sides, so there was leftover fabric.
PRINTOUT original: Tape down the freezer paper with the wax side down. Place your printout under the freezer paper and cut out one color of your design. For the swirling clouds on my shirt, I cut the areas I wanted to be black out of a big piece of freezer paper. Remember to work on a surface that is safe to cut on, like a cutting mat or piece of cardboard.
STAMP original: Stamp onto the paper side (non-wax side) of the freezer paper. Cut out area you want to paint. Remember to work on a surface that is safe to cut on, like a cutting mat or piece of cardboard.
On the right of the photo you can see some of the finished flower stencils.
Paper bowl or dish out of the recycle bin.
Stiff (cheap) paint brush.
Fabric Paint. I used Jaquard brand opaque white and black, and bronze metallic.
Scrap of fabric that matches your shirt.
Freezer paper. (It has wax on one side but not on the other. Buy it at the grocery store.)
Your chosen artwork. This can be a printout or a stamp. I used both.
X-acto knife
Large scrap of cardboard
Test paint colors on the scrap of fabric from your shirt or a similar fabric. This shirt used to be bigger and I cut down the sides, so there was leftover fabric.
PRINTOUT original: Tape down the freezer paper with the wax side down. Place your printout under the freezer paper and cut out one color of your design. For the swirling clouds on my shirt, I cut the areas I wanted to be black out of a big piece of freezer paper. Remember to work on a surface that is safe to cut on, like a cutting mat or piece of cardboard.
STAMP original: Stamp onto the paper side (non-wax side) of the freezer paper. Cut out area you want to paint. Remember to work on a surface that is safe to cut on, like a cutting mat or piece of cardboard.
On the right of the photo you can see some of the finished flower stencils.
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Jun 29, 2009. 8:53 PMBetsyLouWho
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Brilliance! I have never seen a freezer paper tutorial this easy.Thanks for posting the link on the re-fashioning blog,much appreciated!
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