I got this pink
jersey dress from Target earlier this summer. I love the ease of jersey dresses, but this one was a little on the plain side. So I pulled out my trusty freezer paper to jazz it up a little bit!
I decided to add a stenciled border along the neckline and the bottom of the dress. After measuring how long my stencil needed to be I cut two pieces of freezer paper and taped them down to my cutting mat. I always cut two stencils at once, even if I don't need both right away. Then I used a pen to draw a floral design for my stencil, and went at it with an x-acto knife.
Several hours of cutting (and numerous Netflix tv episodes) later I had four completed stencils! The next step was ironing the freezer paper to my dress. If you have never done freezer paper stencils before, this is a link to a great
step-by-step tutorial.
I attempted to mix up some pink and purple
fabric paint... But it ended up more as a nice brown, blue, and gray. After the ink dried I peeled off the freezer paper and heat set the ink with an iron. Now the pattern is permenant, washable, and ready to wear!
