ceruleanmindpalace:Sherlock DIYshirtI want toshare this because the result is great, although it is

ceruleanmindpalace:Sherlock DIYshirtI want toshare this because the result is great, although it is ridiculously easy andfast to make this! This is actually a very old post that has been online on DeviantArt for years. All you need is:1. a design, 2. a shirt, 3. some self-adhesive foil, it doesn’t need to stickvery well, just stay in place as close to the fabric as possible, 4. a fineline-permanent pen (for transferring the outline onto the stencil foil) and 5. textilespray colour (I used Marabu ‘Fashion Shimmer’ Spray, silver and blue).Making this took me about half an hour (plus making the vector for the printout, which took me almost two hours). First, transfer your design to the foil by sticking both to a window to seethrough.I then used a sharp and pointy pair of scissors to cut out the stencil. It is also advisable to iron the shirt.Then I transferred the stencil to the shirt and created the roof’s edge byusing scotch tape. I covered the complete bottom of the shirt with old paper.I was careful with the spray not to overdo it, just wanted the silhouette to bevisible. So I gave the silver paint only four pushes from a distance of about 30-40centimetres, and the blue one three. It is advisable to try this out on a paper before spraying on the fabric to seehow one needs to do it to create a thin misty spray.The colour shouldn’t collect on the foil so much is could spill over.After the paint had completely dried, I removed the foil and scotch tape, thenput it in the oven to fixate it.I was careful and therefore will be able to use the stencil again; I cleaned itand put it back on the back it came with for storage. One mistake I made with this is visible on the left side, where you can see avertical slightly darker line in the spray, it is because the shirt was notlying completely smooth while I sprayed. I put 2 pieces of cardboard inside theshirt to prevent the colour to soak through but the bump caused the line, somake sure this lies absolutely flat.Also, the spray travels quite far, it is advisable therefore to cover yourworkspace thoroughly.Remember that stretchy fabrics might deform a design when worn, chose theposition wisely. I put mine here on the back side.This was the first try I gave this colour spray, it is marvellous. I love it. The name is ‘Marabu Fashion Shimmer’, but there is also a version for lightfabrics called 'Marabu Fashion spray’, which is a bit cheaper and has a widerchoice of colours – BUT the latter one is not suitable to use it with stencils,it will crawl under the foil and ruin a design like this, so make sure you getpaint that does not dissolve.If you can’t or don’t want to use a spray, you can of course use any othertextile colour, thin it down and then use an old toothbrush and a tablespoon tospray the paint, but it is much more of a mess and much more trying out theright texture of the liquid and avoid larger spots. I am not a native speaker, this might be a bit hard to read or lacking theright words, feel free to make suggestions how to improve this text. If you make ashirt, I’d love to see a pic it.Do notuse my photos without my written permission. This also means, do not upload/post any of my works to other sites/social media. -- source link

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