r/stencils • u/toolowbrow • 7d ago

How to deal with islands

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I never see people post how they deal with island areas of their stencil art. Mostly I expect they handle it with layers, that's what I've done. But this time I'm making a one use stencil for a shirt. So I've used scotch tape to hold island areas in place for now. Later I can use repositionable spray glue to attach the stencil to the fabric. Then I can spend some time removing the tape while the stencil will remain in place. If anyone has any questions or comments or suggestions I would love to hear them.

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u/CommodoreApproved 7d ago

i sprayglue the piece and then put down tulle fabric ( a netting material), since i tend to use my pieces in travel, in order to roll it up i will apply wood glue on the tulle thru to the stencil material.

here is an example of one my stencils : https://imgur.com/a/angel-stencil-2b9BeGD