Comments on: Make a Customized Silhouette T-Shirt Of Your Kids

By: interiorblogging

interiorblogging — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:13:43 +0000

In Australia you can buy Reynolds freezer paper from Spotlight. They sell it by the metre for a doller or so. Looking forward to making my silhouette.

By: downhomediy

downhomediy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:17:28 +0000

Just FYI…
Reynold’s makes a freezer paper
http://www.reynoldspkg.com/reynoldskitchens/en/product.asp?prod_id=1798

LOVE this project! Thanks for sharing.

By: cotton poly shirts

cotton poly shirts — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:06:16 +0000

Is what you did called screen printing? That’s pretty cool.

By: David Baker

David Baker — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:33:58 +0000

I wanted to let you know that I made a shirt like this with my son and daughter on it for my wife for Christmas and she absolutely loved it. Thank you for the idea.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:25:19 +0000

Freezer paper is good for one-off shirts, but for reusable stencils, use overhead transparency sheets. They’re thicker, so they’re more difficult to cut, but you’ll be able to make more shirts than you will with freezer paper. To make it temporarily stick to the shirt, use a spray adhesive.

I’ve also had good results getting a thin coat of paint into all the nooks and crannies of the stencil without moving it by using a foam brush and dabbing up and down, rather than moving it in a painting motion.

Here are two shirts I made around 2004 using this technique:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/NoPopNoStyle/Craftster_Stencil/alf_shirt.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/NoPopNoStyle/Craftster_Stencil/tschichold.jpg

You can find a lot more info and discussion of various techniques where I first did: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=141.0

By: ashleyd!

ashleyd! — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:00:39 +0000

i’ve seen this tutorial done a few times and this one i understand the best!!! thanks so much for spelling it out simply enough to be understood!!!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:52:33 +0000

I’m in LA and I have gone to three different grocery stores looking for freezer paper… any ideas anyone? How about contact paper? Thanks. My son has been making stencils but always had problems with not getting a clean edge. It sounds like this will be the ticket!

By: christy

christy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:29:48 +0000

First I tried wax paper, your right not the same I thought they were too! Ran out for freezer paper, worked like a charm, at least it has soo far, I just painted it and am now waiting for it to dry. I want to peek soooo bad! I will be a big girl and wait ’till morning. Thank you I am oh so diggin it!

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:10:46 +0000

This is a FABULOUS find for me. We never do Christmas presents between my parents and my husband and me. They always get gifts for my kids — but they have 18 grandkids plus several great grandkids, so they just skip their own children altogether (there are 7 of us, and most of are married!).

So I’m the person with the love language of gifts — I am most delighted when I find the perfect gift for someone. This would be perfect for my parents from my children. I’m definitely going to try some variation of it for Christmas for them, this year.

Thanks!

By: Grateful for Grace

Grateful for Grace — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:57:45 +0000

I totally LOVE this and will definitely try it!!
Thanks!