| Found-Object Printing |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-154 |
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Turn household objects into tools for stamping designs onto fabric. Mary O'Neil, founder of Hot Potatoes Rubber Stamps, explains how to create whimsical designs on boxer shorts. Materials:
White boxer shorts
Fork
Cardboard
Fabric paint
Foam brush
Bubble wrap
Dice
Sticky lint roller
Funnel
Matches, buttons
Sewing-machine bobbin
Wine cork
Scissors
- Place a piece of cardboard inside each leg of a pair of boxer shorts to prevent the paint from bleeding through to the back.
- Apply fabric paint to the back of the tines of a fork, and stamp it onto the boxer shorts, rocking the fork from the back to the tip of the tines. Repeat the fork impressions on the front of both legs. Apply another color of the fabric paint to the back of the fork, and stamp across the first fork impressions at right angles to create a crosshatch design (figure A).
- To create a different design, cut a piece of bubble wrap the width of a sticky lint roller. Roll it onto the outside of the lint roller and cut off the excess. Apply fabric paint to the bubble wrap with a foam brush (figure B).
- Place cardboard inside each leg of a pair of boxer shorts. Roll the lint roller over the front of the legs of the boxer shorts, leaving bubble-wrap impressions. Add more paint to the bubble wrap, and roll a row next to the first one. Repeat until the shorts are covered with the design (figure C).
- Try sticking individual matches and buttons to a sticky lint roller. Apply paint to the objects, and roll their impressions onto fabric (figure D).
Tips: - When choosing objects for stamping, notice the indentations and designs they'll create. A sewing-machine bobbin, dice or a small funnel, for example, can create wonderful shapes (figure E).
- Cut shapes such as spirals and triangles from plastic foam trays, and add masking tape to the back for a handle.
- Heat-set fabric paint, if desired, by ironing the wrong side of the fabric.
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