Faux Paint Felt Applique

Shiny 'painted' writings!

Posted by EVEnl

About

I found this H&M giftcard worth €50 the other day but I don't buy H&M because of ethical reasons. I saw a sweater hanging with the text 'Crush on you' spelled on it I wanted to buy it so badly because of its cuteness but was put off since the label read 'made in Bangladesh'.

I eventually bought socks and some jewellery as a present for Christmas.

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • Mod Podge Fabric
  • Old Sweater
  • Needle And Thread
  • black Felt

Steps (5 steps, 150 minutes)

  1. 1

    Type your desired text in Word using WordArt.

    I used the Mistral font and enlarged it to the size I wanted. I used this font because it looks like it's been written with a fountain pen.

    Pin it onto your felt and cut it out.

  2. 2

    Give the felt a coating using Mod Podge Fabric. Not only will the applique last longer when washed but it will also give it a shiny 'painted' look.

  3. 3

    Arrange the applique onto your garment.

  4. 4

  5. 5

    Now comes the time consuming part..

    The time spend on this depends on the size of your applique (mine took about 3 hours!!)

    You could attach the applique by hand stitching it to the sweater or you could just glue it on.

    I hand stitched it because it made it look a bit more puffy around the edges plus I thought glueing it on would make the applique on the sweater appear less flexible.