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Blue skirt with elephant fabric stamping
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How to Stamp Clothing

Learn how to use stamping on fabric to decorate clothing! You can try this on shirts, jeans, and any other textile surface.
Course DIY Fashion
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Dry Time 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours 45 minutes
Servings 1 garment
Cost $5

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 Skirt or other cotton garment
  • 2 bottles Fabric paint or ink

Instructions

  • Wash and dry your garment first, especially if it's new. Don't use fabric softener or dryer sheets. Iron your garment if necessary.
  • Pour some fabric paint on a paper plate or other surface that allows you to use a stamp.
    White fabric paint being poured onto a paper plate
  • Apply fabric paint to your stamp using a brayer, or dab an ink pad down on your stamp.
    Elephant wood block stamp with white fabric paint on top
  • Immediately press the stamp down gently on your fabric surface. Continue until your garment is covered in the design.
    Hand pressing a fabric stamp down onto a blue skirt
  • Heat press or set according to the instructions on the paint or ink before wearing.
    Elephant design stamped onto blue fabric

Notes

Step 3: these stamps were specifically designed for stamping on fabric and I wanted my design to be a little thicker, so I dipped in the paint rather than rolled. But just for this project! The brayer tip still applies especially for regular scrapbooking and clear stamps.