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Let me take your hand, I'm shaking like milk.
I've had these black pillowcases lying around for awhile, intending to do this. I'm moving in 2 months and the less I have a reason to throw away, the better, so it's time to get craftin'!
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Step 1My blank pillowcase and my workstation.
(Note the purple table- I FOUND that in the TRASH. Who would throw away a perfectly good table? Oh well, now it's mine and now it's purple.)
Um, I have 5 bottles of white paint because I'm indecisive, but I just went with regular White.
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Step 2For my pattern, I taped 4 pieces of regular computer paper together. Then, since my image was square, I squared it off- the paper was just shy of 17 inches tall, so I measured 17 inches across.
I then divided the image into quarters, so I would have reference points as I drew my image.
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Step 3My original image, the album cover of The Cure's 1983 single "Let's Go To Bed." Fitting for a pillowcase, I thought.
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Step 4I desaturated the image, and then posterized it to get it down to simple colors.
Once it was on the screen, I overlaid a grid on top in quarters and made it red so it's easier to see. This matched up with the grid I had drawn on my pattern.
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Step 5I did a rough sketch of the pattern freehand, then got irritated and traced the laptop screen. Hey, whatever works! Anyway, here I have my pattern.
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Step 6I then used transfer paper to get the pattern onto my pillowcase.
Hard to see? Yeah, me too.
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Step 7I traced over the lines with a white sewing pencil to make it easier to see, and less likely to rub off with my hand while I was painting.
Um, that's better? A little bit.
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Step 8Now we're ready to paint! Slide cardboard inside the pillowcase so the paint won't dry and make it stick together- I used the top of a pizza box. I had to keep sliding it around under the part of the pattern I was painting, but it worked out ok.
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Step 9I just used ordinary craft paint, but you can use screen printing ink if you want. I considered screen printing it, but I wanted a more hand-painted look.
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Step 10If you use regular paint, make sure and mix it with equal parts Textile Medium. This will make it softer and less "crunchy" when it dries.
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Step 11Paint away! Pull the wet parts of the pillowcase off of the cardboard every now and then as you work to make sure it doesn't stick to the cardboard.
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Step 12Yogurt break while it dries! This is the best snack ever. Also try it with strawberries.
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Step 13I free-handed the logo after the picture dried a little.
What's that, Robert? Let's go to bed? Oh, if you insist.
I am a huge Cure fan.
Robert is so adorable. I suggest seeing them live if you haven't because he's so shy and cute on stage!
Thanks everyone, glad you liked it! I decided to do the second pillowcase with a different pattern, and I'll post that as soon as it's done.
Ahhh. robert smith. so very sexy in the 80's.
my all time favorite band in the WORLD!!!!
love it.
amazing.
Yum, The Cure <3