Stencil A Shirt

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• Step 1

  Wash your shirt! This is an important step, to allow the shirt to shrink before you apply shirt. If it's an old shirt you can skip this step.

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  Step 2

  Find a stencil online, or create one yourself. If you'd like to turn a regular picture in photoshop, you can do this by going to: Image > Adjustments > Treshold, and play around with the levels a bit until you got it right.

• Step 3

  Print the stencil on adhesive paper

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  Step 4

  Carefully cut out your stencil with an x-acto knife.

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  Step 5

  Get out your shirt, peel off the backing of the adhesive tape, and stick it to your shirt.

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  Step 6

  If your stencil has any "islands", bits in the middle of the stencil that don't need to get painted, stick those to the shirt too.

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  Step 7

  Stick some old papers around the shirt, overlapping the edges of the stencil, so you can't get paint anywhere on the shirt where you don't want it. Put some paper in between your shirt too, so you won't get paint on the back if it leaks through.

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  Step 8

  Apply paint to your roller, and carefully apply it to your shirt. Don't press too hard, if you do, the paint will leak under the edges. Make sure the paint is spreaded out evenly. When you finished, let the paint dry.

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  Step 9

  Apply another layer of paint and let dry again.

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  Step 10

  When the second layer is dry, peel the stencil off the shirt. Do this carefully!

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  Step 11

  Fixate the paint by ironing over it with a sheet of baking paper in between.

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  Step 12

  Take a stupid picture of yourself wearing your brand new shirt, to show how happy you are with the results.

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Marleyy Bear · 5 projects 27th November 2011

Im so going to do this!!

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MyPinkRainbow · North Olmsted, Ohio, US 3rd October 2011

i so love the cherries, they are aweosme ,

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Tizzalicous · Netherlands Antilles, NL · 4 projects 16th May 2010

Hi everyone! I am sorry, I didn't see the questions about the paint before. I used a special fabric paint, the jar just says "fabric paint", you can get it at any craft store. I didn't mix it with any medium or anything.

xoxo

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Darceyluvshellokitty · Nottingham, England, GB · 3 projects 16th May 2010

I think fabric paint :/

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Seniorfuzz aka mishimau 17th January 2010

WOAH i never knew tht hehe btw what type of paint did u use?

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LoveHugs 29th November 2009

thank you ive always wondered how to do this.

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Lauren S. 6th November 2009

Lol I love your project and the picture at the end.

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Cassie S. · Oceanside, California, US 15th October 2009

Did you mix your paint with fabric medium or is this paint for fabric?

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Lolly.Bot · Enfield, England, GB 30th June 2009

This is pretty awesome, but I have two questions to ask:

1)What kind of paint did you use on your top?

2)When washing the shirt after applying the stencil, does the paint fade out? Will it have to be reapplied at a later date or will it be ok?

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Anita ♥ · Campeche, Campeche, MX · 19 projects 13th January 2009

really nice!

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