DIY Fabric Printing: My New Love

I've gotten a small taste of fabric printing and I might love it more than sewing. And that's saying a lot! I've only printed two items, but I'll definitely be doing more! I first got the idea from this pony printed dress on A Beautiful Mess which also has a foam stamp tutorial. I didn't follow the tutorial; I didn't use wood or wood glue, and I used an acrylic/fabric medium combination.
Anyway, remember how I dyed this cardigan navy, and it turned out purple? Unfortunately, I already have a cardigan almost the exact same purple, so I needed to change this one. I decided to print hearts all over it. The gray hearts are metallic even though it doesn't show up in the picture, and there a couple pale yellow hearts as accents.

 

I also added a couple iron-on rhinestones I had leftover from this shirt.

 

I learned that the print doesn't show up well if the paint is a similar lightness/darkness as the item your printing. The hearts are a lot more subtle than I'd like them to be.

It was a good practice run though, and it still turned out pretty cool.

I also printed one of Henry's onesies that I dyed. The dye covered up the stain, but it turned out kind of a weird gray/blue/green. To save it, I printed "%" signs all over it. It makes it a little more boy-ish and sort of math geeky.

In my quest for boy clothing inspiration and boy fabrics, I've decided to print my own fabric, so I can get what I want. I'll be posting about that when I finish printing the fabric show you my inspiration.

 

I can't wait till Henry can fit into this funky onesie! And I can't wait to print more fabric!