it was a cold rainy day in san francisco. a perfect day to turn our apartment into an annex of santa’s work shop.
First matt & i worked on stenciling t-shirts using freezer paper for all our nephews.
We found pattern swe liked online at stencilry and spray paint stencils. matt sized them & printed them right on to the back of the freezer paper then i cut them out with an exacto knife. then just iron them on the t-shirt & dab the paint on.
we are really happy with the results though would stick to darker color paint on dark thick fabrics like this next time.
i was also asked to make another doll as a gift for a three year old. this time the doll needed to be blond with blue eyes.
i learned a lot between making this doll & my first. i sewed her together using the tissue paper trick that was left in my comments by terry & it made sewing this stretchy cotton jersey much easier. I also sewed the hair on this time with matching embroidery thread instead of sewing with the yarn. it was soooo much easier & i feel like the hair is really secure. i’ve half her first sweater so i’m finding these work up surprisingly quickly.
© 2005 – 2011 Kathy Lewinski & Susan Cornish
great job on the t-shirts!! lucky boys who are getting them!
Great t-shirts. I prefer to machine embroider mine. I’m terrified of ex-acto knives.
That doll is really cute too!
They look SO great.
I still don’t mean to be dense, but I don’t fully understand the freezer paper. The wax? Does it affect the shirt? And keep the paint from laying down?
Alas, you are the craft prize winner!
those t shirts are so cool your going to have some very happy little boys! your dolls are so cute! Happy Crafting!!
Very cool. You’re giving me ideas…
I’m clueless about freezer paper. What IS it? Can you get it at Target?
the t-shirts look great i love the color choices and now i want some for myself. hm project for the spring?
freezer paper i think is also called butcher paper. it is matte on one side and shiny/plastic-y on the other side. you may be able to find it in Target in the cooking aisles.
Kat! Those shirts are fabulous. I have to get my final gifts made and you have inspired me to do so… I really like the designs, you think they would be weird for aprons? hmmm 🙂
Thank you so much for posting this! I bought fabric paint instead of dye and discovered the error well after the return date. Now I know what to do with it!
Such a great idea. I love the space ship. Was that one much harder to do with the details of the windows and thin lines?
i did have to be a little more careful cutting out & ironing the space ship that’s fore sure. The one in brwon came out perfect but the oragne one whhere we did a second coat of paint had a little bleeding so i think the detailed stencils need just one good cot of a dark paint.