Any Dirty Dancing fans out there? If you've never seen Dirty Dancing then you probably won't understand this onesie. It's a line that Johnny (Patrick Swayze) says to Baby before he takes her to dance.
I thought it would be funny to put this quote onto a onesie for my daughter. There are lots of tutorials on the web where you can use freezer paper to iron on a template and then paint over it. I didn't have any freezer paper so decided to try using contact paper instead. For those of you who aren't familiar with contact paper, it's like a big vinyl sticker. I used my Cricut cut to cut the words and stuck the template onto the prewashed onesie.
Another thing I didn't have was fabric paint. I googled to try to find if I could use acrylic paint instead of fabric paint, but most websites didn't have an answer, so I decided to try it anyways. So can you use acrylic paint as a substitute for fabric paint? Yes! It worked out for my project. You want acrylic paint that is not too runny or else it will seep underneath your fabric.
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Alexis in her new onesie. |
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Cut out words using cricut or any die cutting machine. |
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Remove backing from contact paper. Remember to save off the insides of the "e", "o", "b" etc. |
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Stick contact paper onto onesie. Rub the sticker on securely, especially on the edges. |
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Use fabric or acylic paint to paint on the letters. Make sure your paint is not too runny. |
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I actually wanted the first word to be pink and the rest of the words to be brown, but brown was hard to work with so I made everything pink. Since the onesie is white, using a lighter color was easier because you don't need to get full coverage. You could miss some spots and no one would notice. |
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Pulling the contact paper off. Yay! Clean lines. |
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Be sure to iron on the paint to set it. |