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An African-inspired tank top
A friend gave me some white fabric she had but wasn't using, so I decided to turn it into a tank top. Instead of leaving the top bland and plain, I thought I would jazz it up with some little rhinos, as the fight against rhino poaching is a huge cause here in South Africa.

Posted by Lauren from Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa • Published 13th December 2013 • See Lauren's 101 projects »

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Step 1
Cut out your desired shape from craft foam, and glue it to a base of some sort (I used an old lid). The lid I used was see-through, which was great, because it allows you to see where you're stamping.
Step 2
Use a tailor's pen to draw a grid onto your shirt, to get your stamped pattern even. This isn't necessary, but it does help to get a more perfect-looking stamped pattern.
Step 3
Start stamping your rhinos, starting light and getting progressively darker. I found starting light to be easiest, as it allows you to simply add more black paint to your grey to make it darker for each row.
Step 4
Continue to stamp with darker and darker paint until you reach the end of the shirt.
Step 5
Follow the paint's instructions for finishing (often to iron the back of the painted area) and rinse your top to remove tailor's pen marks.