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Painting on fabric is fun with Mont Marte paint sticks [free pattern]

by Robin Bogaert

This week we recovered a lampshade with Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paints and customized a fun beach tote with the Mont Marte Signature Fabric Art Set. Today, I’m showing you how to ‘bake someone happy’ with the Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks. To make things easy, we’ll also be using Gütermann Thread and an adult-sized Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment. There’s a free pattern download, so you don’t even have to sketch out a drawing for this one.

Apron front showing letters ‘bake someone happy’ and 3 cupcakes, colored in with paint sticks and fabric markers; Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks, Mont Marte Signature Fabric Art Set, Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment

Bake someone Happy design on an apron

materials

  • sketchbook and sketching pencil
  • If you don’t want to draw, download the free Bake Someone Happy design
  • blue wash out marker
  • light box or light source
  • paint sticks or markers
  • polyester (bobbin) and 100% cotton thread (top threading)
  • Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment or a premade apron of your choice (light colored so tracing is easy)
  • masking tape

Supplies gathered on a table to embellish an apron include Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks, Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment, Mont Marte Sketching Set in Wallet, Gütermann Thread

Supplies to make the embellished apron

instructions

  1. Draw out a design of your choice or download the free PDF drawing for the Bake someone Happy
The words Bake someone Happy and three cupcakes drawn on white paper

My ‘Bake someone Happy’ design

2. Place the drawing on a light source or light box, and use masking tape to keep it in place.

A blue wash out marker and a light box with a drawing of the words ‘Bake someone Happy’ and 3 cupcakes lays on top of a light-colored apron; Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment

Design taped on a lightbox

3. Using a ruler, place the lightbox and design under the apron against the wrong side 3½” from the top and center.

Centering the design for tracing on the apron; Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment

The design is centred and 3½” down from the top

4. Draw the design onto the apron with a blue washout marker.

Drawing a design with a blue wash out marker onto the apron; Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment

Design drawn on apron with a blue wash out marker

5. Color within the design lines with the fabric paint sticks.

Coloring in the design on an apron using paint sticks; Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks, Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment

Coloring in the design with paint sticks

A box of Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks with the paint sticks shown, a box of Mont Marte Fabric Art Set and a package of UNIQUE Rick Rack are set next to the apron with the design on the apron partially painted inProgressing with the coloring with the paint sticks, , Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment

More progress on the coloring

6. Once the design is all colored in, free motion stitch around the design as we did in Wednesday’s post for Free motion stitching on a DIY lampshade cover – Part 3, to complete it. The word ‘someone’ is completely free motion stitched. Where there is a black line, stitch it out and fill in the blank areas with the colors of your choice.

Picture of Robin Bogaert in the bake someone happy apron, ready to bake in her kitchen; Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks, Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment

This apron will come in handy when Robin bakes someone happy

A picture showing the lampshade, beach tote and apron embellished this week with fabric paints, markers, and paint sticks; Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks, Fabric Fun Apron for Embellishment, Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paints, Mont Marte Signature Art Set, Gütermann Thread

A review of this week’s projects

We finished all of our projects for this week – the DIY Lampshade Recover

The project, the cute Beach Tote and now a Bake someone Happy apron with Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paint, Art Set and Paint Sticks. Don’t forget to look for these products shortly at your local art supply or quilt shop. You can create fabric to make DIY fashion and homewares with Mont Marte. Have a great weekend; maybe you’ll have time to bake someone happy!

This is part 5 of 5 in this series

Go back to part 4: Design, color, and stitch a beach tote with Mont Marte [free tutorial]

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