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Make Your Own Print With a Stencil (3295 Views)
Make a stencil and use it to crate your own, unique print on you creation.
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Step 1 of 5
First find an image you would like to transfer to your fabric. I usually find mine on the wall paper selling web-sides. The possibilities there are endless.
Crop the section of the image you want, resize it, and if you don’t want to bather with photoshop, just print it. I usually convert it to black and white ( to save on color ink) and increase the contrast to clearly see my image.
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Step 2 of 5
With a soft pencil outline the contour of the image. Keep the parts you like, ignore the parts you don’t want, change or add extra details.
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Step 3 of 5
Put the image face down on the foam sheet or the clear film and with the back of your thumb press down, back and forth to transfer the image.
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Step 4 of 5
Cut it out. You have your stencil!
(you should pretest your stencil on just some paper if you are not sure of its quality and don’t want to destroy you fabric or the creation)
Start stenciling!
Protect the working surface with newspaper or plastic cloth. Put the fabric face up. Put the stencil on the fabric. To keep it in place you can use adhesive spray or just be very careful not to move it.
Put some paint in a small container and start painting by dabbing the brush on the fabric. (you can use an air brush if you have it)
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Step 5 of 5
Gently remove the stencil. Make sure you have filled all your stencil shapes before you lift the stencil. It is hard to go back and put the stencil in exactly same position as before.
Follow the directions on the paint container. As per Folk Art, I air dry it for 24 hrs, heat set it with an iron. Wait 72 hrs and hand wash it.
Wash and dry you stencil right after each use. It will last you for many uses.
Materials
- Fabric – I recommend cotton, it takes the paint very well. Always pretest a piece of your fabric and the paint according to the paint instructions to check if they “like each other”.
- Fabric paint – I use Folk Art Fabric
- Paint brush or air brush
- Stencil material – I use Foam Sheets that are available in the kids crafts section of any craft store. It is very easy to transfer drawing onto them, and they are very easy to cut and clean. Other materials: Clear Film in the stencil making section.
- Scissors or craft knife
- Newspapers, or plastic cloth to protect working surface.
- Adhesive spray for crafts– not that crucial
- Computer and printer
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COMMENTS (7)
Thankyou!
This is so easy!!! I will definitely try this!
We stenciled pillowcases in art class once - for the stencils we used simply cardboard, but made it firmer and more "flexible" by impregnating it with wood varnish - I don't know what exactly is it called in English, but I have a feeling it's made from flax.
When I make stencils, I use freezer paper. It has regular paper on one side, and wax paper on the other side. I cut out an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet and put in into my printer, and print the image that I like onto the paper side. Then I cut out the positive image. I place the paper wax side down on my fabric, and secure it in place with a warm iron. The wax sticks to the fabric, so I never have to worry about the paper shifting, and the paint never bleeds under. I use a sponge for large areas, and a small stencil brush for details, with only up and down movements.
This is great to know. I would have never thought to check out wall paper sites. And the intructions are great. Thanks!
I use regular spray paint on fabric all the time and it works great and doesn't wash out. I actually used this technique on the pocket backings for my pants version of the kasia skirt.
Thanks for this easy how to. I have been wondering how to do fabric stenciling properly.