Stencils Anonymous
January 29th, 2007 by JoyOk, so the secret is out. I’m. addicted. to. stencils. i can’t help myself!! They are soo much fun and so easy. You can make a special personalized gift for anyone with this great idea.
I love this picture! Two of my favorite people in the world. For Christmas this year i gave my best friend Kim a T-shirt that read: Lucy *heart*’s me and a onesie that said KiKi (what Lucy will call her one day) *heart*’s me. Along with the shirts i gave her a coupon for a photo shoot of her and Lucy. We got some great shots. This was one of my favorites. you can see the shirts really well and Lucy looks like she is flying.. AHH love that kid!
The way i work my stencils is i print out what i want my stencil to say, trace it on the Freezer Paper, then cut it out with an exacto knife. Or sometimes i just draw up some silly design on the matte side of the paper & cut it out. Here’s what they looked like after i ironed on the design b4 paint. (if you are trying this, be sure to iron on another piece of Freezer Paper on the inside of the shirt, shinny sides facing each other, so your paint doesn’t bleed thru.) Then i just use any fabric paint, usually mix the glitter fabric paint in pretty much every time! I’ve said it before- love the bling 
Just peel off the stencil as soon as your done and voila!
This is one of my favorites, a onesie for a friend’s baby. Her name is Vienne. Love this font, thought it was kinda french just like her name..
The other thing i’ve enjoyed is the dye resist. Some of these onesies i dyed and then stenciled with paint. Some of them i stenciled b4 the dye, applying dye resist, as i would paint. When you put it in the dye bath that area doesn’t dye to the intensity as the rest of the garment. (i’m sure you could get the same effect by applying bleach on a colored garment) The bottom 3 are done this way. It looks super cool. Hope this inspires you to start stenciling.
January 29th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Wow, you’ve been busy! They look great:)
January 29th, 2007 at 7:00 am
Where do you get that kind of paper Joy, and what kind of paint do you use?
January 29th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Heidi, you can pick up freezer paper on the same isle as the wax paper & parchment paper at any grocery store & I just use any kind of fabric paint. Can’t wait to see what you’ll make!
January 29th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Where do you get your cute fonts from? Do you make a document in Word when you do this? Thanks!
January 29th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Karen, Yes it’s all in word. The girls shirts are done in Cooper Black and the green onesie in Edwardian Script ITC. I just decide how big i want the font and put it on the outline setting (so i don’t waste ink) then trace it on the freezer paper.
January 29th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Love the Vienne shirt and font!! Can you make one for my sister Val??
January 29th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
dunno if a onesie would fit her jen…
January 30th, 2007 at 3:25 am
Owh I love them all… I have not tried this craft yet. Maybe one day
January 30th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
I would pay you a bazillion dollars to make me some….
OK, I don’t have a bazillion dollars. But I’d pay you. Maybe in love.
January 30th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
love them! So cute. They are so addictive aren’t they?
January 31st, 2007 at 11:47 am
Love ‘em!
January 31st, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Thanks for the kind comment! I’m glad my tutorial could be of good use. Its always nice when people see them and can use them!
March 1st, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Ooooh, yes, I’m inspired. Have all the ingredients, will stencil!!!
September 5th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Wow, love the dye resist idea with the freezer paper! Those are my favorite, I’ll have to give that a try!
April 9th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I love your blog! I just tried the stencil idea a few minutes ago and it was so easy. I can’t wait till my daughter sees it in the morning. I know I am going to be addicted to this. Thanks for the great ideas!
May 5th, 2009 at 6:43 am
woooow, nice one!!! My baby is called Vienne as well….i want that shirt
;)
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