If you’re looking for the giveaway just scroll down the page, it’s at the bottom of the post below.
Way back in March I joined in the Dress a Girl Around the World sew-along hosted by Little Big Girl Studio, one of the guest bloggers was Amy from During Quiet Time. Amy posted a tutorial about freezer paper stencilling and ever since then I’ve been wanting to have a go. Now, for those of us who live in the UK you may well know that freezer paper is not a widely available item and certainly never to be found in supermarkets. It is a craft shop item. I got mine from Saints and Pinners and they had only recently started stocking it.
So with a bit of time on my hands and some motivation to finish these dresses that have been sat around patiently waiting for almost a month (I have just checked and am pleased because I thought it was longer than that!) I came up with a simple flower shape and got on with it. I’m not going to write a tutorial on it because Amy’s is so good I don’t see the point!
Anyway this is what I did last night:
I left it to dry for 6 hours as instructed by Amy and peeled off the paper to reveal this today:
Do you know for a first attempt I’m really quite pleased. Now all I need to do is finish the dress, it needs binding on the armholes up into straps to tie over the shoulders.
Ok, so I have one more plain pillowcase to experiment on – should I do another flower or something more adventurous? Please bear in mind I only have red fabric paint! If you’re local and have pots of paint sat around needing to be used feel free to send them this way!
Don’t forget the giveaway below…
that is awesome!
time to buy some fabric paint i think
and maybe one of those special printer / cutters
Thanks! you offering to pay?!
wow it looks fab! Thats brilliant. Well done. Love the apple on the tutorial. You could do a butterfly? It looks great fun. x
Thanks – how funny I’ve just printed off a butterfly clipart! It is simple, just fiddly cutting out small pieces and remembering to save them to put back in!