i absolutely love the jcrew crewcuts girl's zebra graphic tee. however, the zebra could be a little smaller and i didn't dig the $22.50 price tag. so naturally, i made one myself.
i found some freezer paper stenciling tutorials online, traced a zebra onto the paper side of some freezer paper, cut it out on my new self-healing (!!!!) cutting mat,
and ironed the negative onto an old tshirt. with some fantastic metallic purple paint, i painted in the negative of the stencil,
waited all of 2 hrs (i was supposed to wait 24, but i got impatient), and then peeled off the freezer paper.
amazing, no? the right eye is a little freaky as it has no pupil. originally i had a small dot, but i think it was too small and just in the wrong spot. since i can't change this, i just filled it in instead. i still have to let the paint sit for the rest of the 24 hrs and heat set the paint with a pressing cloth and iron, but in the meanwhile i figured i'd show off the goods!
i found some freezer paper stenciling tutorials online, traced a zebra onto the paper side of some freezer paper, cut it out on my new self-healing (!!!!) cutting mat, 
and ironed the negative onto an old tshirt. with some fantastic metallic purple paint, i painted in the negative of the stencil, 
waited all of 2 hrs (i was supposed to wait 24, but i got impatient), and then peeled off the freezer paper. 
amazing, no? the right eye is a little freaky as it has no pupil. originally i had a small dot, but i think it was too small and just in the wrong spot. since i can't change this, i just filled it in instead. i still have to let the paint sit for the rest of the 24 hrs and heat set the paint with a pressing cloth and iron, but in the meanwhile i figured i'd show off the goods!
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