I’ve been having a lot of fun with the Silhouette lately, and so have some of my blogging friends!
Saige keeps growing taller, and there are several pairs of pajamas that just have to go to the “too small” bin, but before I retire them, I wanted to make her a replacement pair. So the other day when we were in the fabric store and she was ogling the flannel, I let her pick out a print for some pajama pants. She tried to pick three, but I made her choose just one (girl after my own heart there). She chose this fun print with owls, squirrels, and foxes.
So I whipped up the pj pants and a couple of t-shirts during Kid’s Clothes Week. But the t-shirt needed a little something, and I had so much fun stenciling my Valentine Heart Pillow that I thought I’d use the same idea for her shirt. Only not hearts. But what? I’m not usually one for lots of graphics on shirts. Simple is good.
I found this fun banner shape and decided I wanted to use it. But a banner with no words is pretty silly, so after a few minutes of thought, I decided to go with the fox theme and let my little girl know she’s a foxy lady.
First I sized the banner and found a font I wanted for the text. After sizing the text to fit on the banner, I was ready to cut!
I cut a stencil out of contact paper (although freezer paper is probably the more appropriate medium for fabric stencils), and placed the negative space of the banner on my t-shirt.
After placing some cardboard in my shirt to keep the paint from bleeding, I dabbed pearly bronze acrylic paint (mixed with fabric medium) into the space, being careful not to get paint under the contact paper. Peel up the contact paper, and let that layer dry.
Once dry, I applied my words to the banner, and filled in the negative spaces using a pearl paint and let it dry.
Heat set with an iron, and you’re ready to put your foxy lady to bed!
Unless it’s the middle of the day and she’s just plain silly.
The fun part about this project is how funny Saige thought it was. I kept calling her “foxy lady” all night, and she’d giggle and repeat it. And when I put her to bed, I said “Goodnight, Foxy Lady” one more time just for fun. I think I’ll keep it up all week.
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