the Mattador's guide to: DIY BLEACH STENCILING

STUFF YOU’LL NEED: shirt to bleach (100 percent cotton seems to work best) bleach (not the color safe type) freezer paper (freezer paper is like normal paper on one side and wax paper on the other -- Walmart has it) spray bottle (a fine mist is best) iron bucket of water

X-acto knife

STEP 1:

draw out/trace your design on freezer paper

STEP 2: cut out your stencil

STEP 3:

iron the stencil to the shirt

STEP 4: mist the design with a 50/50 bleach water solution

STEP

5:

let it sit for 15 minutes-if it looks lighter dunk the shirt in the bucket of water to stop the bleaching otherwise mist with the bleach again