Stencil T-Shirt (mixing colours)

I made up this T-shirt from a very cheap one I bought at H&M. The quality of the fabric wasn't really good, but as it was a try I didn't care....

This technique is really easy but let's go step by step. You'll only need:
- A T-shirt.
- Fabric paint.
- Stencil patterns.
- Stencil brushes.
-Iron.

First, you stretch you T-shirt with a cardboard inside (this way you'll prevent painting through to the back of the T-shirt as well). Don't stretch it too much, just as if it was just ironed.

Second, you'll place your stencil pattern. The stencil patterns I used were from the Stencil 101 (by Ed Roth) book, but it can be handmade as well. So, you place the patern where you want it to be and secure it in place with weights, tape, spray adhesive (but wait until it dries)...

Third, you paint it, But remember that stencil is a quite dry technique, so don't overload the brush (or the foam). If you are going to use spray, be really careful to protect the T-shirt with papers so you don't spray outside of the stencil pattern.. For this T-shirt, I used an ashtray as a palette and mixed some colours (but not too much or you end up just with brown ^_^!). Then I started stenciling deciding which colours I wanted for each part of the picture.
Once it is finished, remove the pattern from the T-shirt.

Fourth, you have to iron the T-shirt if you like the result. If not, you just wash the T-shirt and the stencil disappears, but if you want to keep it, turn the T-shirt inside out and iron the area you painted for one or two minutes and 2-3 iron heat point.

Hope it's clear enough; if not, I'll write more post about stencils, so don't worry.