How to Embellish a Sweat Suit
Learning how to embellish a sweat suit is a creative way to whip up a new attractive outfit or a basic Halloween costume. The easiest way to decorate a sweat suit is to draw on the fabric with a permanent marker. However, this method is usually used for quick costumes, as it tends to look cheap and fade after several washings. If you want to embellish a sweat suit to look fancy, you can paint, embroider, bleach, bead or dye the garments. For a moderately simple and attractive way to embellish a sweat suit, use some fabric paint to create fancy designs.
Instructions
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Spread some newspaper on a flat surface. Place the clean and dry sweat suit flat on the newspaper and smooth out any wrinkles.
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Use a dark pencil if your sweat suit is a light color or a white pencil if your sweat suit is a dark color. Sketch your design on the sweat suit freehand, using a stencil or using a transferable fabric pattern. Try creating a picture on the front of the sweatshirt, a design down the outside of each leg of the sweatpants or a decorative edging around the sleeve and pant cuffs.
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Turn your acrylic fabric paint bottle upside down, with the lid secure, and knock it against the table a few times to help remove any air bubbles before you embellish a sweat suit. Remove the lid from the paint and squeeze a little onto a paper towel to get the flow started. Wipe the bottle tip clean with the paper towel.
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Use the prepared acrylic fabric paint on the design outline to embellish a sweat suit. Use different colors of paint as needed, preparing each bottle as directed in step three, but try not to let the different colors mix. Let the paint dry for the time recommended by the product packaging.
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Once the outline paint dries, use some acrylic paint to fill in any large sections of color as needed. Remember to prepare the acrylic fabric paint bottle as directed in step three. Use a damp rag to carefully wipe away any wet filler paint that gets on the dried outline paint. Let dry as directed by product packaging.
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Tips & Warnings
You can use different fabric paints and techniques to embellish a sweat suit. Try using pink fabric paint to write the word "Princess" across the front of a little girl's sweatshirt and down the side of one of the sweatpants' legs. You can also paint multi-colored racing stripes down the sides of the arms and legs of the sweat suit.
It's important to use acrylic fabric paint to embellish a sweat suit. Acrylic fabric paint works for most types of fabric, does not run and does not need heat to set. Other types of fabric paint may need special fabric preparation, may cause color runs in the sweat suit or may need to be ironed to set the paint.
