Freezer Paper Stencil
December 28th, 2006 by JoyAs I was frantically finishing up all of my Christmas projects I got the brilliant idea to make a onesie for Lucy, for my husband Brian. He is a big Mac fan so I wanted to make it special. I’ve been addicted recently to freezer paper stenciling. It is so easy and fast that you can make a special gift in a pinch. First I had to find letters to trace. I wanted my onesie to say “Daddys Girl” I actually found all the letters I needed on the book – Womanly Art of Breastfeeding – funny!! Since I made this, I discovered a way to get any font I want on Word and print just the outline of the letters so I’m not wasting ink.
Then I found a package that had the apple symbol on it and traced everything on my freezer paper. An exacto knife on a cutting mat works best for cutting your stencil. Then I ironed it on using a dry iron, no steam, and ironed another piece on the the back of the stencil so the paint doesn’t bleed thru.
My favorite part is painting. You can use any kind of fabric paint or even acrylic paint works too. I mix in some fabric paint when I’m using acrylic. I’m obsessed with sparkles lately so i have the glitter fabric paint that i add to pretty much every color. You have to peal the stencil off very carefully as soon as you are done so it dries evenly.
It turned out soo cute. I love it!
December 28th, 2006 at 10:43 am
Hey Joy!
This site looks great! I love your onesie! I can see Brian’s grin now opening it up on Christmas….to cute! you girls rock, keep up the good work….
December 28th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
What’s the diff between wax paper and freezer paper?
December 28th, 2006 at 4:12 pm
I love this idea!! Thank you so much for sharing!
December 28th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
ephelba, I’m not sure. All i know is that the shiny side of freezer paper sticks when ironed on to fabric and leaves no residue. Not sure if wax paper would do the same. It seems that wax paper is waxy on both sides.
December 29th, 2006 at 9:41 am
This is darling! Can you reuse the freezer paper or do you need to make a new stencil every time?
December 29th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
unfortunately Gina, you have to make a new one each time. It is still really fun you should try it some time!
December 29th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Very adorable! Another way to get a design on a onesie would be to print the design that you create on the computer (using word or whatever graphics program you have) and print it out on inkjet transfer paper (remember to reverse it). Then you iron it onto the onesie. I made a series of these for the computer geek offspring of fellow coworkers, doing take offs of IT logos, etc — they were huge hits…. you can get the lovely glitter effect that you got with this stencil technique, but each idea has its own strengths… thanks for sharing your clever idea!
January 3rd, 2007 at 2:51 am
Nice
I like stencilling fabric-covered birthday cards, I’ll have to try this technique. Just one thing, any chance of an apostrophe on the shirt?