I wanted to get rid of it so badly, since I had just made this shirt (will get to that part later).
This is a great way to make your own stencils.
What you will need is:
Freezer Paper (I used Reynold's bought in Safeways)
Printer (not necessarily)
Foam Brush
Textile Paint or Acrylics (I used Acrylics)
Exacto Knife
Self-Healing Mat (a magazine will do too)
First I designed my stencil, this you can either do by hand or use a computer).
Now, be very aware of what you will be cutting out later and think about this for a second. Stencils usually have little connecters, so that it is easier to cut things out without pieces deconnecting from one another.
Once you have your stencil, put a piece of freezer paper over your design (shiny side down) and trace the stencil. It might be easier if you hold it up on a window or have light shining from underneath.
In my case, I cut out the whole crown and then seperately cut out the 5 dots, the half-oval base and the white crown in the middle. I also cut out the 75 out of the white crown part.
This should be what you have cut out (ignore the gold):
Place the shirt on the ironing board. Assemble your stencil pieces like in photo above.
The shiny side of the freezer paper should be facing the shirt material.
Iron on the stencil. If some piece got out of position, just pull it off the shirt and reiron it in its new position.
Put a piece of cardboard or a magazine inside the shirt so that when you apply the paint it will not leak through.
With a sponge brush dab on the paint. Try dabbing on the paint opposed to brushing on the paint, since you don't want the paint to leak under the stencil.
Do not water down the paint!
I used acrylic paint because it works just fine on textile.
When the paint has dried, pull off stencil and reuse if you didn't tear it up yet :-)
Turn shirt inside out and iron the stencil for appox. 30 sec. moving the iron around.
DONE!!!
As I mentioned before, I made this shirt out of a XXL t-shirt following a tutorial by Laura Pifer.
