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I found this little wing ages ago and finally got round to making something with it. Not my most intricate earring but I think it looks cool, a bit too fragile for everyday but still surprisingly sturdy.

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Sewing my fish

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How to print your own graphic T-shirts like this at home for less than 5$

You are going to need:

- acrylic paint in your desires colours (if you want to put light colours on dark fabric pick up white paint too to use as an underpainting so your colours show up)

- paper sheet

- masking tape

- exacto knife

- makeup sponge you don't mind ruining

- printer (optional)

This is made using my trusty method of stenciling. First you need to pick up a pattern - for biggest chance of success pick something high-contrast and with as many details as you think you'll be able to cut out by hand - if in doubt go simpler so that there's higher chance you finish the project.

I picked the danse macabre skeletons (imagine the background is black)

If you have a printer put your image in an editing progam (if you don't have one downloaded use canva, its online and free) and invert the colours to use less ink.

If you don't have a printer I suggest taping a piece of paper to your monitor and tracing by hand, or you could even do it by putting the picture on your phone zoomed in and tracing it part by part moving the paper as you move the picture underneath. Of course you can also just design your own print, add stuff, change em, anything.

Then what you do is you cover your paper in a layer of masking tape from each side - this is to give it structure and pervent marrying of the paper to the fabric.

Then you get an exacto knife and slowly cut out everything you want to print. Don't rush this step or you'll risk ruining your stencil. Make sure to leave structural supports for your stencil, you can either incorporate them into the design or just leave out stripes that you can fill in later. You can check how your stencil will look like by bringing it twoards a light source, to track if you like the direction the project is heading.

This particular stencil took me 2 hours I believe (i did it last year I don't remember)

Then you masking tape the stencil to your shirt, pant, bag, whatever honestly, this will work on any flat fabric and make sure to put a barrier inside so the paint doesn't bleed to the other side - it shouldn't do that but it can so why not pervent it.

And now using acrylic paint you dab on the paint thin layer by thin layer - the goal is to have not a lot of paint on your sponge so it doesn't bleed but to work it into the fabric really hard so your graphic is durable and doesn't crack. You don't need fabric paint or to mix in any medium since you're working the plastic so deep into the fibers. For white paint i usually do 4-5 coats, for dark paints on light fabric usually two is enough, but it's up to you entirely.

And now just let it dry for a while and it's ready! It's safe to wear probably within 10 minutes, just check if it's not sticky. Best thing is that the stencil is reusable so you can make more, you can do it in different colours, different garments, you can do just about anything. Have fun!

Washing care is how you would take care of any graphic tee - wash inside out on the "hand washing" setting in a washing machine and let air dry and also use minimal detergent - If this is too much to ask just turn it inside out when putting it in the wash, that's where most protection comes from.

This whole thing took me maybe 3 hours total. The shirt I used I thrifted for maybe 2$ and the materials I bought once and have been using for years, so the total cost of putting this print on this shirt to me was nearly 0$.

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Yeah sure! I’m always happy for a bit of advice here and there!

Got my hands on a pyrograver and gave it a go

Not bad for a first go I think. I’m hoping to draw some birds for Christmas as gifts and while the tree was easy more complex motions are not, so I think I got to do a little more practice before properly committing

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Got my hands on a pyrograver and gave it a go

Not bad for a first go I think. I’m hoping to draw some birds for Christmas as gifts and while the tree was easy more complex motions are not, so I think I got to do a little more practice before properly committing

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I made an origami dragon

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oo whats the first song in ur spotify top songs with a number in it?? mine is 360 by charli xcx

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Seen a couple others post their wraps, so thought might as well

Didn’t listen to that much music this year I guess, pretty sure I got over double that last year

Ive barely listened to music at all these past couple months actually… if you got recommendations pls give me

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Lil dragon-y thingy <3

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Mi segundo parche. Mezcla de fieltro negro recortado y cosido + bordado sobre fieltro rojo.

Este ser fantástico salió directo de mi cabecita. Y no saben cuánto batallé con la zona de la boca, sobre todo los dientes. Pero valió la pena.

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My second patch. It’s a mix of cutout black felt that was cut and sewn + embroidered on red felt.

This imaginary being came directly from my head. You have no idea how much I fought so the mouth area would look good. Worth it though.

Thanks @the-chaos-crows-victory for motivating me to post the finished patches.

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I love this funky little guy

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Empecé a hacer parches bordados. Este fue mi primer intento basado en un animal fantástico q vi en un jarrón de arte popular mexicano, decidí transfórmalo en la Luna corriendo por los cielos. ¡Aprendí un chingo!

A pesar de los errores estoy orgullosa

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I started making embroidered patches. This one was my first try, I based it on an animal that was on a Mexican ceramic vase though I chose to transform it into the Moon running through the sky. I learned a lot!

I’m proud of it despite any mistake I made.

Thanks @the-chaos-crows-victory for giving me the final push to post them here

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I did my nails again :3 but this time I did both hands! Doing my right was a pain but I managed lol

Kinda random designs but the blue shine makes it kinda wintery ❄️?

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That feeling when you walk past some really cool punk style people but you’ve dressed ‘neat/normal’ 🫠

at least they said I have a cool hat :3

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Getting back into drawing is hard… I can’t seem to do more than a couple doodles. Everything else is just meh

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Wire heart

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Sneak peak at some earrings I made a little bit ago, I’ve got about ten or so pairs. I really need to get back into it and make enough to sell but things just keep pilling up or I make other stuff and I have no time left for them

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Secondhand Lantern

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extra poofy extra angry meteor strike