This weekend was a whirlwind of activities. Not only did we take in a fall festival parade (this was one of the more interesting ‘floats’ that came down the street), but I also made my way into the sewing room – except I did a bit more than sewing. I decided to work on another shirt for my Week of Baby Onesies swap partner. For this shirt, I used a freezer paper stencil method and some awesome glow in the dark fabric paint.
For those who haven’t tried this style of fabric printing, the premise is simple. Draw your design on the non-glossy side of freezer paper (with this method, keeping your stencil simple is the best rule of thumb). Remove all parts of the design that you want to have printed on your shirt, leaving the rest of the paper intact (this will protect the rest of your shirt from paint splatters, etc.). Iron the glossy side of the freezer paper onto your shirt – the heat will make this part ‘stick’ to the fabric. Apply fabric paint (I use a foam brush) and remove stencil.
This particular stencil turned out very well – this design seemed to be just the right size for this method and the paint is very cool. Too bad it doesn’t photograph better.
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Glow-in-the dark anything is always fun. Very cute design you did! And great instructions.
I had a glow shirt with star constellations on it. I wore it to bed, and one night I scared my husband in the middle of the night. I had gone to the bathroom, illuminating the shirt, and it glowed as I walked back to bed. He didn’t have his glasses on, so saw just the “moving glow” and was quite startled!
I got some pajamas for Easton that had a glow in the dark print – that might have been a mistake for a toddler… he spent a large amount of time messing with the ghosts on his pants! Now if I could find some of that material like that to sew with – that could make some fun pjs for me!
Have you ever tried stenciling with spray-on fabric paint? There’s this really sweet stuff you can get online. I use it mostly for t-shirts, but the site says it will work on just about any fabric. Check the link out, I think it’d be up your alley.
I tried some last year – I used their glow in the dark version, but had lots of problems with it (it was really thick, never quite dried right and seeped through somehow). I thought about using some of their ‘regular’ paint, but was afraid I might mess up the shirt – I may try one with Easton though.