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Painted Blue Jeans 2, Free Craft Patterns

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Painted Blue Jeans using our Free Doodle Patterns

how to paint blue jeans

Supplies:

1 pair of medium-blue blue jeans
1 cork-backed ruler
1-3 fine-point black fabric pens
1 set of 18 to 24 colors, medium-point fabric marking pens
1 set of assorted color fabric marking pens
1 piece of scrap cardboard, large enough to slide inside the pant’s leg
steam iron

Colore Dual Tip Fabric Markers

Super Markers Fabric and T-Shirt Permanent Ink Pens

Best 24 Colors Fabric Markers

Sharpie Fine Point Markers, 36 piece set

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint Set, 18 Piece

 

how to paint blue jeans

Step 1:  Pre-wash your jeans to remove any starch or stabilizing chemicals.  Dry the jeans thoroughly before you begin painting.

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Free Doodle Pattern #043

Step 2:  Download your copies of our Free Doodle Patterns, here on LSIrish.com.  Type doodles into the search box in the header.  We are on numbers 043 to 045 today, which should give you a nice selection of designs to use.

Step 3:  Cut the scrap cardboard to fit inside of the pant’s leg, so that one end of the cardboard comes out the pant’s leg at the bottom.  You can move this cardboard as you work to protect the jeans from color blending through to the other side of the jeans.

Step 4:  With a black fabric marking pen begin doodling … use a light pressure on the pen tip for the smoothest and fullest line coverage.  Mix your main designs with long flowing line breaks and fill patterns.

free craft patterns
Free Doodle Pattern #044

Step 5:  Use a cork-backed ruler, laid along the inner leg seam line for your measurements for the edge trim design.  The cork will grab the fabric, keeping the ruler in place as you work.  My inner leg trim was worked at 1/2″ measurements.

Step 6: Have fun adding colors to your design.  Fill in some areas with a solid coloring, and in others just add a touch of line work.  Let some areas remain unpainted to allow the blue jean color to become part of your design.

Step 7:  Set your fabric pen colors according to your package directions.  My set only required a hot, steam pressing to become permanent coloring.

free craft patterns
Free Doodle Pattern #045

Step 8:  Flip your jeans over and do the back side of the leg.

Step 9:  You can create doodle designs on  the 6 1/2″ square white cotton fabric pieces using this same method and add them to your pants.  Fill in some areas of your pattern with the bright colors from your set.  After the patch has been hot, steam ironed it is ready to sew into place, anywhere on your doodle jeans.

 

 

 

how to paint blue jeans

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Free Doodle Patterns

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DIY GiftsPin Cushion Gift

Artist morgue files are more than just a pile of pattern ideas.  Your morgue file is a great place to keep those project ideas that catch your interest.

DIY Gift Pin Cushion Project

 

Supplies:

a ball of scrap yarn
a 3 /12″ clay flower-pot
2 yards of burlap twine
acrylic glue
6 rubber bands
assorted marking pens
assorted glitter gel pens.

Instead of hot glue or white glue, we will be using the rubber bands around the yarn ball to hold the yarn in place against the inside wall of the clay pot.  This secures the yarn tightly into the pot, yet allows you to remove and replace the yarn ball if necessary.

For more free LSIrish.com Doodle Patterns type ‘doodle’ into the search box in the header of this page.

Step 1:  Using a fine point permanent marking pen, doodle assorted designs onto the lower section of your clay pot.

Step 2:  Accent the doodle designs with colored marking pens and with glitter gel pens.  Allow the gel pen work to dry for about 10 minutes before you move  to the next step.

Step 3: Wrap the burlap twine around the underside of the clay pot rim three times.  Tie the ends into a bow and clip the ends to about 2″ long.  Use several drops of acrylic glue to secure the bow and to hold the twine to the pot.  Allow to dry.

Step 4:  Grab those little bits of scrap yarn that you have been saving.  Wrap the yarn into a semi-tight ball … tighter than you would normally wrap for knitting or crochet, but not so tight that the ball becomes excessively hard.  You want your yarn ball about 1/2″ wider in diameter than the opening of your clay pot.  Tie off the end of the yarn.

Step 5:  Place five to six rubber bands around the center of your yarn ball.  Slid the yarn ball into the top of your clay pot so that the rubber bands are about 1/2″ below the pot rim.  Tuck in any loose yarn loops with your scissors.

Step 6:  Your loose straight pins, needles, and safety pins will sit nicely in the yarn ball, while your doodling will add a little sparkle and decoration to your sewing table.

Step 7:  Make another one for your favorite sewing friend!

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Free Doodle Pattern #034
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Free Doodle Pattern #035

 

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Free Doodle patterns #036

 

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July 4th Freebie!

July 4th Freebie Pattern Pack

LSIrish July 4th Freebie Pack

 Click on the link above for your free download pattern pack.

Free Lora Irish Pattern PackageHave you had that burning desire to create your own quilting batik wax stamps?  Have you been looking for wallpaper border stencils?  Do you need something special for this 4th of July scrapbook photos?

Well, we have what you want — and its absolutely free!

Our LSIrish July 4th Freebie Pattern Package includes 4 small quilt square motifs, 4 large quilt square motifs, and 3 star border motifs.  Plus you will find fabric idea samples and a simple Nine Patch quilt layout for your personal use.

Hope you have fun with this one!  And, please, email me through our contact page, above, with photos of what you have created.

Free Lora Irish Pattern Package

Happy 4th!!!!!

 

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