Gettin' Crafty- Making and Using a Freezer Paper Stencil (So Easy!) -

There is a surprise brewing for our little man this week. In preparation for this special surprise I got crafty. Koa has a neat dearest for Cars. Information technology's all about Lightening McQueen and Mater and all their friends. There seems to be an abundant supply of clothing articles for toddlers and small children with said characters. However, not and so much for a grown adult. Well, not one that I could find that didn't wait admittedly juvenile and ridiculous. For me anyway. Then once more, how many grown women are looking to wear a Cars shirt? Yeah… So, I set out to make my own.

I've heard rumor that freezer paper could be used as a stencil. I accept been wanting to try it forever, and even had a large roll of the stuff in my craft closet in the garage. I had used it for projects in my class many times, but never on fabric. Time to experiment!

I found this super cool stuff chosen Textile Ink by Plaid, at Hobby Lobby, and its amazing. Information technology's like textile paint, only soft. Information technology melts correct into whatever fabric you are painting on. Style better than the and then called 'soft' fabric paints out there. And information technology doesn't spread!

So at present for how I did it.

Materials:

Textile Ink (or Soft cloth paint) in whatsoever color you want. I did black.

foam paintbrush

paper plate

t shirt (mine was from Old Navy)

freezer paper (found in the same area as foil/saran wrap at the store)

fine tip Sharpie

X-acto knife

blackline/silhouette printout of whatever yous want on the shirt

iron

Find a picture of what you want to put on your shirt. Print something or go ahead and draw something yourself to be actress creative! It should be a blackline or a silhouette to go far easier. (I found a couple pictures online and then drew them out.) Try not to accept too many little details, because yous will be cutting all of those suckers out afterward… ( I did 2 shirts actually: i of Mater and one of Fillmore.)
Place your printout under a piece of freezer newspaper, with the plastic (shiny) side downwards and trace information technology with the sharpie. Brand certain you are tracing on the paper side, not the plastic side.
Once y'all have traced it all out on the freezer paper, use your Ten-acto knife to advisedly cut out the picture. Be sure to salve all the little within pieces. Yous will need to put those back when you go to stencil. (Look at how I did information technology with the mouth, eyes, headlights, etc.)
After you've cut out all of your pieces, place your stencil on your shirt, plastic side down. Identify all the fiddling tiny pieces in their spots too. Then carefully hold your hot iron on the pieces. The plastic will melt a little and stick to your shirt. Don't worry, it won't impact your shirt at all. It will peel correct off later.
Make sure that you iron all the little pieces and edges really well. So, using your foam brush, gently pigment with the material ink (or paint), just as you would any other stencil. I constitute that gently dabbing worked best with the fabric ink. Work until yous have covered the stencil and reached your desired coverage. (Some colors will comprehend better than others, so you may need more i coat.)
Let it dry for nearly 1/2 60 minutes, and so advisedly skin away the stencil. (This part was pretty awesome!).
Voila! Your custom shirt! Read the directions on your ink/paint for drying/washing directions. Mine had to be rut ready subsequently 24 hours, and then done after 72 hours.
Proudly wear your custom creation and enjoy all of your compliments!