id three different projects!The first was the Adipose I talked about wanting to make ages ago! I haven't done much embroidery so getting the eyes and mouth even proved one of the hardest bits. I think my top tip for doing one is firm stuffing which makes it look more rounded.
Next came the cushions! Gran gave me old
pillows ages ago and I got some fab yellow fur in Orkney last trip up so I made myself some muppet-esque cushions for my couch.Finally came Tom's t-shirts. I got a couple of cheap t-shirts since this stencilling was another crafty first for the week. I used ColorBox's Crafter's stamping ink pads (I got it to print fabric for bears but have yet to use for that). I just used as if they were stamps and followed the instructions on how to get them to set.
I transferred the stencil patterns onto the outside of old photocopy paper packets. It's the poor man's version of freezer paper, the inside bit can be ironed onto the fabric just the same as freezer paper (though some of the cheaper ones don't work). I ironed on my photocopy paper stencil, placing some between the two layers of t-shirt so the ink wouldn't bleed onto the back, and stencilled away.
The FSM Pirate Fish was based on a simple google search but having looked again for the link I came across this handy stencil version on The Program Witch Pages. For the second t-shirt I used the 'classically trained' stencil created by diynamite.com. The original had fancier lettering but I decided not to risk it on my first outing.
Also on diynamite.com there is a great Mary Poppins Stencil which I may have to try for my own t-shirt another day!
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