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Revamp and customize your old denim jacket with a little paint and Stencil1’s award winning, Product Of The Year Repeat Pattern Stencils!

Things you will need: Denim jacket, fabric paint and paint brush, cardboard, tape, low-tack spray adhesive, pencil, paper towels, Stencil1 Moroccan Petal Repeat Pattern stencil.

Prepare your jacket for painting making sure the surface you are working on is flat and clean. Slip a piece of cardboard inside the jacket to prevent any paint from bleeding through to the other side.

Grab your stencil and plan out how you would like to design your jacket. Stencil1 Repeat Pattern stencils are perfect for clothing as they are for walls. They come with registration marks to help with repeating the stencil design throughout your jacket.

Place a small piece of tape underneath the registration marks and trace the mark with a pencil. Tape down the stencil onto the jacket to help keep the stencil in place while painting. Also, tape down any edges you do not want to paint for a clean finish.

With the fabric paint of your choice, load up your brush. Before you start painting, be sure to wipe off any excess paint on the edge of plate or a paper towel. Less is more! This method of dry brush painting will help prevent paint from going underneath the stencil.

Start painting over the stencil using a dabbing motion. Slowly build up color intensity with every layer of paint. We chose to go light to achieve a washed look but feel free to add a second layer for a solid look.

Feel free to repeat this process all over your jacket! Just align the triangles on the stencil with the tape registration marks you created.

This Stencil1 Repeat Pattern stencil is made to be washable, reusable, and very durable. Be sure to allow time for your jacket to completely dry and follow heat-setting instructions according to your brand of fabric paint.

Show us how you revamp your old jackets @Stencil1!

Halloween is around the corner and Stencil1’s got the 101 on some cool DIY projects to make your house the spookiest house on the block! We’ve gathered our favorite Halloween DIY decor for you to try out. Perfect for the home, office, and even parties!

1. Bat Candle
Stencils used: Happy Halloween with Bats

Afraid of the dark? Keep the ghouls and ghosts away with your very own DIY Halloween candle! Using Stencil1 Halloween stencils, adhesive spray, a makeup sponge, and Pebeo paints, create a spooky candle holder that’ll scare any evil spirit away!

2. Halloween Pennant Banner
Stencils used: Sugar Skull, Frankenstein, Jolly Roger, Owl, Skull Profile, Bat

It’s not a Halloween party without spooky decor! Learn how to make this pennant banner from scratch and bring in the Halloween vibe.

3. Pumpkin with a twist – wicked clay stems

This DIY adds a wicked touch to your Halloween decorations and it’s easy! Using modeling clay, we created these twisty black stems to some white pumpkins for a Halloween look that Tim Burton would approve. You’ll need modeling clay, pumpkins either real or faux and a butter knife for cutting shapes. This is also a kid-friendly craft project as it’s basically playing with clay!

4. Halloween Mixed Media Painting
Stencils used: Dracula, Bat

Turn your home into a spooky haunted house this Halloween! Use various Stencil1 Halloween stencils, paint, mixed media, and decoupage materials to create haunting paintings and portraits that look like they were taken straight out of Dracula’s castle. Perfect decor for any Halloween party. Here, we used the Stencil1 Dracula stencil and Bat stencil, and a map of Transylvania we found in a book!

5. Fall Windows
Stencils used: Owl

Welcome Fall by stenciling your windows with our autumn-themed or Halloween stencils!

For more Halloween inspiration, check out our Stencil1’s Top 13 Halloween How-To’s!

Which Halloween DIY are you going to try out? Share it with us @Stencil1

Lululemon has a new campaign running for their men’s line, Strength To Be, which explores the definition of masculinity and strength.

Through short films, they explore how men are challenging stereotypes of this term MASCULINITY. For this how-to, I customized a sleeveless tee with a lotus flower, which many view as a symbol of femininity. It has me pondering not only the definition of masculinity, but also the stereotypes we may apply to icons and colors on our clothing.

Check out the Lululemon YouTube channel for more of the “Strength To Be” series.

Here’s how I customized my shirt with the Stencil1 Lotus 2-Layer Stencil.

Starting with the top stencil, which is the first layer of the stencil, place it on your desired location of the shirt. This is the base shape of the the lotus flower.

With your paint and paint brush, fill in the open spaces of your stencil. Here, we did a shaded effect to give the lotus flower more dimension. You can achieve this effect by removing excess paint on a paper towel or plate, then slow building the color intensity as you reach the edges.

When the first layer is dry, grab the bottom stencil. This is the second layer of the stencil and will the the lotus flower more detail. Place it on top of the first layer and fill it with a different color of paint.

And there you have it!

Please check out our DIY Lululemon Yoga Mat for more inspiration and our journey in meditation.