Woodland Creatures Stenciled Skirt
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Learn how to stencil fabric and make your little one an adorable stenciled skirt. Skirt tutorial includes measurements for sizes 2 to 8.
I was shopping at Hobby Lobby a while back and came across this adorable stencil. I loved the heart details on little tree and animals. I wasn’t sure what to do with it, but for $2.99, I tossed it in my basket and would figure it out later…
I’ve been contemplating my next project, I thought it might be another Sienna Dress. I’d ordered some cute new knit fabrics for a fall themed dress and have been patiently waiting for them to be delivered.
(Actually, 12 days later, it turns out Fex Ex has completely lost this package… 33 yards of premium and gorgeous knit fabrics – gone! They are still searching around the “overgoods” department. {The overgoods department is kind of like their lost and found.} Really though, where could the package have gone? It was supposed to be on a truck from California to Texas, but somehow, mysteriously disappeared. Did they forget to bolt the back of the truck, and it just “fell” out? )
Has this ever happened to anyone else? As I type this little rant, it is currently 9:30 pm on Friday and Fed Ex promised me a call back. Think I’ve gotten that call?
Anyway, I am sure you remember the little stenciled dress I did for Plaid recently. That dress came out so cute, I was completely inspired to do another fabric stencil project. The woodland creatures stencils would be perfect!
I don’t have very many solid fabrics in my stash, but I did have a XXL pumpkin orange t-shirt. (The t-shirt was described as Burnt Texas Orange on Amazon, but whoever named the color must have been colorblind, because the color is clearly pumpkin orange!)
To make this skirt, I basically followed my flirty fall skirt tutorial with just a minor change in the skirt. I wanted the bottom of the skirt to be super-full to show off the stencils and I made a casing for the waistband instead of sewing the elastic directly to the fabric.
If you want to make a similar skirt use these fabric measurements instead:
Sizes 2 to 4:
Waist band: should be 3.5 inches tall by the waist measurement + 4.
Main skirt fabric: should be your length measurement (+.75 inches for seam allowances and hem) by 48 inches wide.
Sizes 5 to 8:
Waist band: should be 3.5 inches tall by the waist measurement + 4.
Main skirt fabric: should be your length measurement (+.75 inches for seam allowances and hem) by 55 inches wide.
The waistband casing was a standard casing using 3/4 inch elastic. (If you need help on how to make a casing, check out this tutorial.)
So cute right? It took me an hour or two to finish the stenciling only because I was using the bottom of a t-shirt and had to let one side dry before flipping it over and stenciling the other side. If you were to use regular fabric, you could sew the skirt together on one side, stencil the fabric and then sew the other side of the skirt together.
The stenciling is really easy, just make sure to put a piece of cardboard under your fabric and don’t start out with too much paint on the dauber. Line up the stencil along the bottom edge of your fabric and go to town!
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