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DIY: Painted Gold Elbow Patches

Supplies:

  • V-neck sweater or cardigan
  • Gold fabric paint
  • Freezer stencil paper (found next to wax paper at the grocery store)
  • Exact-o knife
  • Foam brush
  • Print-out of 2 ovals about 3 inches long

Step 1: Print out 2 ovals about 3 inches long and tape them on top of a piece of freezer stencil. Carefully cut out the ovals. Remember that the part you save is the negative space! You can discard the 2 oval shapes you just cut out.

Step 2: Your freezer stencil paper will have a plastic coating on one side which sticks to fabric when ironed. Halfway down the back of one sweater arm, iron on the shape. Make sure it’s ironed down thoroughly.

Step 3: Repeat Step 2 on the other arm of the sweater.

Step 4: Slide a small piece of cardboard into the arm (this is so the paint won’t bleed through to the other side). Apply gold fabric paint with a brush. Allow to dry and apply 2 additional coats or until it achieves your desired look.

Step 5: Carefully tear off the paper when dry and now you’ve got gorgeous new gold patches!

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