{"id":51,"date":"2010-09-22T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T20:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2010-09-22T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T20:37:52","slug":"handpainted-mario-denim-overalls-for-a-little-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/handpainted-mario-denim-overalls-for-a-little-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Handpainted Mario Denim Overalls For A Little Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now for something completely different! Most everyone knows me for my jewelry because well, it’s kinda mostly what I do. \ud83d\ude09 But I really wanted to do something different so I tried my hands at this. These were made for a swap on Craftster. <\/p>\n

\"Handpainted<\/p>\n

\"Handpainted<\/a><\/p>\n

The Details<\/strong>
\nBought a pair of jean overalls. I pre-washed them (Tide Free & Clear and no fabric softener) just to be sure I had a good starting surface.<\/p>\n

I printed up some pictures of Mario and Mario Characters to use as a reference. I free-handed the images on the denim with a fabric pencil.<\/p>\n

When I had it as I liked, I outlined each drawing in black Sharpee.<\/p>\n

Then I got to painting. I used acrylic paint in many, thick coats to get a good, solid color. Took a lot of touch-up and a lot of patience. Probably spent about 4-5 hours on the project but I did it on the couch in the evening watching TV so it wasn’t hard – just exacting.<\/p>\n

Let it dry overnight and then I finished it with a few layers of spray-on ScotchGuard just over the images themselves. The acrylic paint is pretty permanent on most fabrics but this should help it stand up to being worn by a little girl a little more.<\/p>\n

Close-Up pictures behind the cut!!<\/b> <\/p>\n

1-Up Mushroom was first.
\n\"Handpainted<\/p>\n

Then I made Mario himself.
\n\"Handpainted<\/p>\n

Next I made the Star (on the back pocket)
\n\"Handpainted<\/p>\n

And…I felt it needed just something else… I hemmed and hawed quite a bit before finally realizing a Piranha Plant eating the “Osh Kosh B’Gosh” label would be perfect. (I think I might be most proud of him. It’s a tie between him and Mario.)
\n\"Handpainted<\/p>\n

I was so pleased with them when they were done. They honestly came out so much better then I had hoped. (In fact, when I made the claim, I felt it was so possible that I couldn’t do it that I said I reserved the right to change my mind if I couldn’t get it to come out right! \ud83d\ude42 ) It wound up being so much fun to make.<\/p>\n

As always, thoughts appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And now for something completely different! Most everyone knows me for my jewelry because well, it’s kinda mostly what I do. \ud83d\ude09 But I really wanted to do something different so I tried my hands at this. These were made for a swap on Craftster. The Details Bought a pair of jean overalls. I pre-washed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}