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I wanted to create the Kanji Appliqués on this short jacket, but wanted a different (and faster) approach!
STEP
1
I made a stencil out of the freezer paper appliqués, by applying
a lightweight plastic (clear packing tape works great) over the design.
Then I carefully cut it out with an exacto knife. Notice the piece of
scotch tape holding the piece of the appliqué? You'll need to
do this until you can iron down the freezer paper. The magic of freezer
paper is it will stay put once ironed to the fabric.
Iron
the freezer paper to your fabric using a press cloth so
you don't melt the plastic cover! Remove the scotch tape before stenciling!
STEP
2
With a sponge dab at your freezer paper stencil with fabric paint. I
filled mine in very dark with no shadowing. Remember, I wanted to recreate
the look of the appliqués.
Carefully
remove the freezer paper stencil from the fabric. Clean off the stencil
with a baby wipe. Once dry, heat set your stenciled design!
The finished freezer paper stencil. Lines and edges are crisp and clean
because the freezer paper "sticks" to the fabric!
When doing the Kanji Appliqués as a freezer paper stencil, be
sure to "catch" the pieces that sit within a section
that drops out after you cut it. Use scotch tape to reposition them,
then remove the tape just prior to stenciling. After removing and cleaning
your stencil, secure the loose sections again with another piece of
tape before storing.