(This post was originally shared on BrassyApple.com)
Lately, I’ve been playing around with some Krylon spray paint and thought I would try it on clothes. But first I checked the Krylon website to make sure you can use it on fabric, they said yes. Check out what they said here.
I wanted to give this blouse a little flair. I got it for free at a swap meet, but felt it needed something. I decided to go with some heart elbow patches.
To get started, I put on my shirt and marked where I wanted the patches to be centered with a pin. Be careful to pin through the material and not yourself.
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Pin to mark the spot for patches. |
Next, I lined the sleeves with some contact paper to prevent bleeding. You could really use anything for this like cardboard, construction paper and so forth. Just make sure it’s flat.
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Contact paper inside sleeve. |
I hand drew a heart, cut it out, and used it to create two identical cardboard stencils.
Each stencil was placed on the correct spot in preparation to be spray painted.
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Don’t forget to cover the rest of the shirt and remove the pins! |
Try to make sure that the fabric is as flat as possible and that the stencil is pressed firmly against it. I would also recommend using some painters tape around the edges. I wish I would have done that to give it a more definite line.
Once everything is ready, apply your first layer of spray paint. Note that I forgot to remove the pins so I had to do another coat.
Once the paint is as dark as you like, let it dry for 15 minutes and then it’s ready to wear!
Thanks!