I was originally going to stencil on drapery panels but then thought that perhaps I should start with something a little smaller in order to get some practice in. The people at Cutting Edge Stencils told me that they had heard of people using their stencils on fabric before, but the photos I saw on their site were all of walls. I wanted to play it safe...so, I started with a pillow.
Here is what the stencil looked like when it arrived. They also included a foam roller that I would definitely recommend you purchase as it didn't push the paint around but really places it where you want it. Does that makes sense?
I laid out my fabric and taped the stencil down (I used the plastic wrap the stencil came in to protect my floors). Load up the roller and get to it! Just go slowly so that the stencil doesn't move around. Actually while I was doing this the stencil did move a bit and you couldn't even tell after it was finished, so don't stress if it does move some.
Peel up the stencil and let your fabric dry. I washed my stencil off in the sink and hung it in the closet by a skirt hanger to store it.
Didn't it turn out GREAT! I am so pleased with how well the stencil worked on the fabric.
Here is a finished pillow.
I would most certainly suggest ya'll head over to Cutting Edge Stencils and check out all their great products. This was a really easy project and I think it looks very similar to the original fabric...plus, you get to choose your own colors!
Now I'm just trying to figure out what walls in the condo to try the stencil on next!!
Pppssssttt - check back tomorrow to enter my giveaway! You will have a chance to win a $40 gift certificate to Cutting Edge Stencils!!
15 comments:
Wow! If you hadn't told us that was a) a stencil and b) painted on, I would have never known. It looks fantastic!
this is so awesome!! what an amazing job!!
Wow, that turned out gorgeous!
Did you just use normal fabric paint for this? I thought at first you were doing a pillow case but was it just a piece of fabric and you sewed the pillow after? I ask because I'm curious if it was difficult to sew through the fabric with the paint on it. It looks absolutely fantastic.
Wow. Gorgeous!
Love your blog. You have some awesome ideas.
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what a great idea! I love how the pillow turned out--I would never have thought to paint fabric.
wow! that turned out great! you have such good ideas...
that's gorgeous! we have a slipcover for our couch that is basically an enlarged paisley designed, and I've been looking all over for stencils to do pillows to match!
That looks great, and it looks pretty easy too!
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I LOVE the pillow! It looks really great!
Love it! The pillow looks fabulous!
I'm definitely going to check them out! Thanks for sharing.
OMG I love! THat turned out so cute!
That looks amazing!! And I seriously almost crash when I drive past Kelly's office - I stare at it and daydream sometimes.
That looks amazing! It really looks like fabric!
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