Shoe Printing

Last night, while drinking Witches Brew, I got a couple ideas. I was working on altering a giant black hoodie, tried to fix the zipper(you know how they get warped and bubbly and make you look like an alien is poking out of your tummy), ended up removing it all together and now it's a "cardigan-hoodie". I thought about spray painting something on it, but then I got the idea to put shoe prints instead. Here are some instructions if you'd like to try it!

Shoe Printing

1. Find a pair of shoes you don't mind slopping paint on and have an interesting pattern on the bottom.
2. Find clothing or fabric you want to print. Paint may soak through the layer you are printing on so be sure to protect your table surface and/or the layers of fabric underneath with tinfoil, glass, box board, etc...
   
3. Quickly brush paint onto the underneath of one shoe.
4. Press the shoe onto your piece of clothing or fabric as hard as you can, pressing down all areas...or not, depending on the look you want!
5. Lay a piece of thin cotton fabric over your prints and set with an iron to be sure the paint won't wash out in the washer.
   
6. I recommend then dipping the clothing in water and drying it in the dryer to further set the paint. Then when you're ready to wash it, wash on the delicate cold setting or hand wash.