{"id":5900,"date":"2010-02-10T07:18:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T11:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?page_id=5900"},"modified":"2010-02-01T14:02:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T18:02:58","slug":"tutorial-painted-tights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?page_id=5900","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: Painted Tights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Note: This is based heavily on <a href=\"http:\/\/naughtysecretaryclub.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/i-love-to-create-ice-cream-cone-tights.html\">Naughty Secretary Club&#8217;s<\/a> tutorial, with a few modifications and additional comments.<\/p>\n<p><b>Materials:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tights (not pantyhose; they&#8217;re too flimsy and may tear)<\/li>\n<li>Fabric paint (I used a <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tulip-00825-Paint-Starter-Kits-Slick\/dp\/B000ILZAX8\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;s=home-garden&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;qid=1265045557&#038;sr=8-3\">Tulip starter kit<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Fine paint brush (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Fabric marker (I used a fine-tip black <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Uchida-522-6A-Fabric-Primary-Marker\/dp\/B0018N630O\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;s=home-garden&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;qid=1265045633&#038;sr=1-2\">Uchida<\/a> marker)<\/li>\n<li>A cylinder about the size of your calf; I used a can of tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>Pattern (choose one that isn&#8217;t too intricate; the original tutorial suggested a coloring book design or an embroidery pattern, which have nice simple lines)<\/li>\n<li>Tape<\/li>\n<li>Small piece of cardboard for stretching after painting (optional)\n<\/ul>\n<table summary=\"this table is for layout\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"2\">Click the thumbnails for larger images.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights1_thm.jpg\" width=\"123\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tape pattern\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Print or photocopy the pattern in whatever size will fit nicely on the back of your calf and tape it to the cylinder.  The NSC tutorial suggested using a hunk of PVC pipe or a mailing tube, neither of which I had laying around.  A can of tomatoes worked fine for the smallish design I was doing.  If you&#8217;re planning on covering more leg, you may need a longer cylinder.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights2_thm.jpg\" width=\"122\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Stretch tights\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\nCarefully stretch the tights over the pattern, making sure it&#8217;s properly positioned.  You may want to try on the tights and use a disappearing-ink fabric pen to mark around the area where you want the design to help with positioning.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights3_thm.jpg\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Begin painting\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\nPaint the design, taking care not to glop on too much paint.  You can use a paintbrush, but the narrow tips of the paint tubes I was using worked okay for me.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights4_thm.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Outline with marker\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\nWhen painted, outline the edges and add detailing with the fabric marker.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights5_thm.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Stretch on cardboard\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Let the paint dry slightly, then carefully slip the cylinder out of the tights.  Don&#8217;t let the paint dry completely with the pattern still in place; my first experiment stuck fast to the paper and the tights ripped when I tried to dislodge it.  You might be able to just lay the tights out flat to finish drying, but I slipped a piece of cardboard inside to keep the paint from seeping through to the front.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/tights\/tights6_thm.jpg\" width=\"141\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Final result\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\nLet dry, and wear with pride.  (The skull looks a little stretched in this photo, but it&#8217;s just the angle of the shot; the canned tomatoes actually worked pretty well.)<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This is based heavily on Naughty Secretary Club&#8217;s tutorial, with a few modifications and additional comments. 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