There are lots of tutorials and how-to’s out there for freezer paper, but based on the quantity of questions I’ve gotten (email and real life), I decided to talk about it briefly.

Here’s what I’m talking about. It’s located by the plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Not everywhere carries it. I would say it’s difficult-ish to find. I even had to break down and go to WalMart to get some. A roll this size runs $6-7, but it will last you FOREVER.

Freezer paper is shiny and plastic-y on one side and plain paper on the other. The plastic coating will stick to fabric when it’s ironed, but can easily be peeled off.

You can use a number of different techniques to get your design onto your fabric. I’ve tried bleach, spray paint, fabric paint, and acrylic paint mixed with a textile medium. I like them all.

If your design has free floating details like the skull or letters, you’ll need to hang on to those pieces and reposition them within your design. The nice part about using pumpkin carving templates is that there aren’t any floating pieces.

And here’s a brief how-to!

You’ll need freezer paper, a design to trace, a pencil, an Exacto knife, and some sort of paint or bleach.

Trace the design onto your freezer paper. You can see through it pretty well:

(I had to put the knife there to get my camera to focus)

How much excess freezer paper you leave around the edges is kind of personal preference. I leave more when I use spray paint to protect the rest of the shirt.

Sit down with your Exacto knife and start cutting.

(There’s a navy cutting board underneath my cut out)

Position the freezer paper on your fabric and iron.

You’ll want to press and then lift and press some more as opposed to sliding the iron back and forth. Sliding it will catch on the details and rip them.

If you’re using paint that will bleed (pretty much anything but spray paint), you’ll want to stick a piece of cardboard inside the shirt now.

Then I went out to my garage…

and spray painted.

Let it dry for about 10 minutes and then peel the freezer paper off.

Finished product?

You can also cut freezer paper in your Cricut…think of the possibilities with THAT!

***Edit to add pics of the shirt after it’s been machine washed and dried (inside out). They should be click-able.***

***Edit part deux: I tried another shirt using Valspar spray paint and it was a disaster. Probably don’t use that kind.***

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I’m addicted to freezer paper.

Look what I made with some pumpkin carving stencils and some spray paint!

Admitting it is the first step, right?

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I picked up one of those $4 or $5 tees at Target and carefully seam rippered the pocket off. Then, I cut the Jolly Roger template out of freezer paper and used the same bleach method I did here, only this time I didn’t put it in Oxiclean (just water). Doesn’t look like that part is necessary….at least not for maximizing your wearing pleasure.

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And I’ve got a whole lot of spray painting on the agenda.

FINALLY!

We’re expecting temps in the low 70’s and I’m giddy.

I did sneak in a little painting last weekend.

I found this for $5 at a local thrift store. And it came with a cushion….which I drove right around the back and re-donated. You’ll see this chair again. I used it for something with my first project for Quilter’s Home.

Want to see my favorite part?

Look at that slope!

Hope your weekend is a good one.

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Did you know Crap I’ve Made has a Flickr group? You can find the link at any time up on my menu bar under Crap You’ve Made. Go add your stuff! Please?

Projects from the Flickr group will be featured on Fridays

And, there’s now a Flickr stream widget over in my left sidebar.  Click on over and check that out.

Today’s feature is from Kirsten over at kirsten*can.  I came across her blog by Googling something about robots and then discovered we’re *practically* neighbors.  I keep thinking I’m going to run into her somewhere.

She made this skirt for her daughter using the split twirl tutorial.  This tute is great for older girls!

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You’ve seen the tutorials all over the internet for singed flowers, right? Like this one. Or this one. Or this one.

I’m not going to talk much about that part, other than to say that if you’re going to do as much singe-ing as my neighbor Jami and I did you’ll want to light a candle and leave it burning instead of using a lighter.

And look what our $2.50 shirts turned into:

and a couple of action shots…

(cell phone self portrait courtesy of Jami)

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Today I am participating in a HUGE Breast Cancer Blogging Event! Hundreds of blogs around the globe today are encouraging our readers to take a moment out of your day and donate $5 or $10 to Jacqueline Reitz, a Breast Cancer 3 Day walker. Jackie is a fellow blogger based out of Dallas, and she’s on the 3 day team “Betties for Boobies”.

While the original hope was to include over 300 blogs, only time will tell how many have participated, so be sure to check out the www.bettiesforboobies.com blog tomorrow for more information.
If just ONE of the readers from each of the 300 blogs takes a moment and donates $10, that will raise over $3,000.00 in the fight against Breast Cancer. AMAZING!

So help us out. Let’s make this a tremendous success. Head on over to Jackie’s fund raising page (it’s all tax deductible!) at http://www.the3day.org/goto/jackier and send her some donation love! Totals will be posted on the team’s blog tomorrow, to see what an impact we were all able to make!

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My grandma is a 26 year breast cancer survivor and my step sister is fighting it now.

If you’re able, please GO DONATE.

And stop by Jackie’s blog, if you’re interested.

www.thefabricfloozie.com

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(The Jolly Roger applique template is finally posted….scroll on down if you missed it!)

Valerie S

Laura

Woodruff Fam

Wendy (who really likes cookies)

and Get N Together

Shoot me an email at [email protected] to find out how/where to pick up your tickets!

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As promised, here’s a link to my Jolly Roger (no idea why they call it that, but it makes me want a Jolly Rancher) applique pattern.

If you’ve never appliqued before and want to give it a try, here’s a post I did about it along with a couple of other free patterns.

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You’ve got less than 4 weeks, you know.

I made this stitchery for my mom a few years ago (excuse the terribly lit picture).

Here’s a link to my free pattern for your stitching enjoyment!

4/16/10: Added another picture I found with better lighting, but a worse angle.

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