Every once in a while something I make is a “homerun” with my daughter (although it is very rare occurrence). It will be a sad day when Sienna outgrows the recycled t-shirt skirt and matching top I made a few months ago. We only have about 1 1/2 seasons here in the desert, so it could be a year-round outfit if she would stop growing.
Scrapbook Punch to Fabric Stencil
I don’t do a lot of scrapbooking (I am YEARS behind unfortunately…it is on my “list” to catch up)…..but I do LOVE those little paper punches. I use them to make freezer paper fabric stencils…my simple, inexpensive way to “screen-print” at home.
I punch out the shapes into a strip of freezer paper….
….and sometimes use both the shape and the “negative” image left behind.
I used blue watered-down paint to make the red fabric look more purple and used the freezer paper punches to leave a random design behind…..
A star punch…..
….used to make a cluster of “floating” stars on a dress…..
……an easy spruce up to a dull grey t-shirt!
Just remember:
:: Put a layer of freezer paper in between your fabric layers so that paint doesn’t bleed through to the other side.
:: Iron your dry paint layers to heat “set” them so they don’t wash out!
Click here to see other freezer paper stenciling projects that I’ve done.
Q – T – REX Applique
Sienna is all about dinosaurs right now (since seeing Ice Age). Not much out there for girls though….so we had to improvise. I drew the T-Rex skull from a photo of a skeleton…..it probably isn’t very anatomically correct but Sienna yelled “DINOSAUR…….RAWR” when she saw it and that is good enough for me! I was putting “Cutie-Rex” on the shorts but Brett came up with “Q T Rex”….. love it!
The great part is this can be an applique for a girl OR boy!
The tank top is reverse applique and the shorts are regular applique (click on the links for the tutorials). I’ve uploaded my applique sketch at the bottom of the post if you want to make one for your little boy or girl too.
Cutie Rex*
*Copyright © 2009 by Ashley Hackshaw. All rights reserved. This applique is for personal and home use only.
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