I love hand-printed fabric. I often buy plain fabric to challenge myself finding ways to decorate it and give it some sparkle. I find stencilling fabrics an easy and fun way to beautify fabric. There are many ways to go about it. Here I did the most basic way of creating a stencil.
I used what I had around the house, paper, a craft knife, some textile paint and a piece of foam. I drew a design on paper, cut the stencil out with the craft knife and dabbed textile paint through it with a piece of foam. I then used a fabric paint pen to add a bit more colour.
I used red linen from Organic Textile Company, the binding is silk and the edge I crocheted with embroidery thread. The pattern is self-drafted. I read this book to teach myself basic pattern making Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified.