April 14, 2005

• Silkscreen your own T-shirt using embroidery hoop!

  

  Cheap screen printing tutorial

  Materials needed: a t-shirt, yucky/cheap paint brushes, an embroidery
  hoop, screen printing ink (I use Speedball brand), a glue that isn't
  water-soluble (I use Modge Podge), curtain sheer material/tulle/old
  nylons, and a computer with a printer (or a good hand for drawing
  things).

  How freaking awesome is that?

  Oh, while reading the instructions, a girl commented another technique:

  "Another technique was using an object for it's own silhouette.
  Across a stretched screen, lay down a flat simple object -- leaves are
  great. Using a roller or brush, paint a layer of glue. Carefully pull
  up the leaf, then when the glue is dry you have a no-work stencil!"

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