STEP FIVE: Putting brush to fabric

Get a piece of cardboard, and put it inside the shirt where you want the paint to be. This keeps it from bleeding through to the back, which would just look silly. Fold the shirt around this cardboard.

Place the stencil on top and pin it down. This prevents shaking and smudging your print!



Now doesn't that look exciting? It is exciting! Crack open your paint, and brush it on. You have to push down to make sure that the paint gets through the screen.



Look look! It's done it's done! Carefully remove the pins and pull the screen off slowly, making sure the fabric doesn' fold or pucker and get wet paint all over the place.


Now hang it up to dry! When the paint is dry (5-6hours) it's a good idea to put it in the dryer on hot for about half an hour. This helps to set the paint, but this step is not necessary - you can now wear your shirt and wash it and go out with pride to say "Oh, this? I made it myself!"