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Now we're at the
part where I'm going

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to show you how to add a really
simple design to your napkins.

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I'm going to do a simple
triangle geometric design,

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and then I'll show you some
different options of other stencils

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that you can cut.

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I think it's really nice, even if
it's a very simple stencil, to add

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your own sense of style or
design to these ombre napkins

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that you've made.

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I like to use mylar, which you
can get from the art supply store.

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You can also find stencil blanks
at different crafts stores.

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I like the frosted mylar, so it has
this-- it's the sort of foggy mylar

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instead of the clear-- because
when you cut your design

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and put it over what
you're stenciling,

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you can actually see
it much more clearly.

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So you just want to
cut a piece of mylar.

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You don't need to be
fussy about this at all.

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I'm going to use this gridded mat
to help me draw the triangles here.

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So I'm just going to
do a row that is half

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of one of these little
squares, and skooch

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it up, and draw the next ones.

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As you can see, I'm not being
very precise about this.

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I like them being a little,
I don't know, funky shape.

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So I'm going to do three
up and two across here.

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Draw this in pencil and
then you cut it out.

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You can be, I mean if you want
to be super straight about this,

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you can use a ruler to make sure
that you have really clear edges,

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clean edges.

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But I like it to feel-- I
like it to feel handmade.

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I mean, that's what
we're doing here.

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So I don't get too in a bother
about this being really perfect.

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And then you take your X-Acto
knife and then cut these guys out.

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You want to make sure that you
have a very sharp blade on here

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because you want these cutouts to
be as clean and precise as possible.

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You can go back after
you cut them out

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and cut out if there's
any little snaggly

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areas, because this is where you're
going to be putting the paint.

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You want these to be
really precise cuts,

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and give yourself a
nice straight line.

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It's best to look at it from
behind a lot of times to make sure

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that it looks really clean.

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And that is great.

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That one is ready to go.

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You want to figure
out where you want

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the design to land
when the napkin is

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folded up and laying on the table.

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You just need to keep that
in mind when you're figuring

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out where you're going to stencil.

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I like it to be in this area,
this sort of bottom left area,

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once the napkin is folded up.

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So take note of that position
and figure out where that should

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be on the unstenciled napkin.

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You can sort of finger
press this so you

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can see more clearly
when you open it where

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you're going to be stenciling.

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And when I open it up, I
want it to be right there.

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You want the tape to
be keeping the stencil

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flat on your napkin, because you
don't want the paint to get up

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and under the stencil.

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We're also going to use our
fingers to help keep that down.

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Let me just talk to you about the
kind of paint you're going to use,

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and loading up the
paint on your brush.

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I have textile ink in a metallic
gold that I'm going to use,

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and we're going to pour
some into a paper plate.

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So you need more than you think,
because the thing about stenciling

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is you want to have it really
loaded up on your brush.

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So this might seem like
you're wasting some,

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but load up a lot of paint
on your stenciling brush.

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You want to definitely be using a
stenciling brush because you want

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these bristles to be very rigid.

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And then you're going
to tap off the excess.

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And that's how you properly
load up your stenciling brush.

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Press your stencil down
as you apply, and you

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want to go straight up and down.

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You do not want to go under to
the side because some of the paint

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could leak, could squish
under the stencil here.

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All right.

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Then time for the reveal.

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Peel it off very carefully.

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Make sure you don't have any paint
on your fingers at this point,

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because you're going to
be touching the napkin.

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You peel this back nice and slowly,
and we have our first design here,

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which I think looks really
cool-- that gold on the purple--

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looks very kind of regal.

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At this point, you can create
more, you can design repeats here,

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you can flip it.

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Let me tell you something though.

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You want to make sure that this one
is completely dry before you put it

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down again, because you don't want
to get wet ink on either the back

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of the stencil or
the back of the tape,

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because then as you go
and use it and reuse it,

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you'll be marking up
your napkin with paint.

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Even though I tend to be really
loosey goosey with putting stencils

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on, and I'm not very
precise about cutting them

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or actually where I'm
putting them down--

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I like to eyeball it and
see what happens-- you do

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want to be really
careful about the paint.

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So you have your
paper towels nearby,

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keep your hands
really nice and clean,

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and just keep checking
the back of your stencil.

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And keep checking your hands
as you're handling the stencil

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and as you're handling
the napkin to make sure

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that it stays nice and pristine.

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So you could flip
this is, as I said.

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You could do other designs.

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Let me show you a
couple things here.

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Let that guy dry.

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And you can create
different designs here.

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You can have them marching
all the way across,

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you can flip them so they
are in different places.

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I added a little pink one here.

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You do that by putting, when you
apply the stencil the first time

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and you put this down, you
tape that one off to cover it.

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And then you stencil
the whole thing.

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You take the stencil off
and let that stencil dry--

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that part is very important.

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And then when you go back
and re-lay your stencil down,

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you would tape off all of these
other triangles around here.

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You might think, oh I could
just do this really carefully,

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but the brush is bigger
than the stencil,

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so you do want to
be careful and tape

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everything off to isolate the actual
elements that you want to paint.

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All right.

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Let me show you a couple other
designs that you can do with mylar.

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You can do anything at all.

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I mean, you could monogram these
by cutting initials into them,

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but with some really
simple designs--

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this one is the simplest of
all-- you can make this party

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confetti polka dot
napkin by using a sheet

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of mylar and just a hole punch.

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And you randomly cut
out these circles

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and then you just apply it with one
color-- being sure to let it dry,

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don't cover up anything
that's wet-- and then when

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that one is completely
dried you do a second color.

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So can see I did the
pink and the gold here.

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You can keep doing that all over
the napkin with as many colors

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as you want.

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You could also do these kinds
of swoopy little designs

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here across the napkin.

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I did that by cutting out-- I just
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and then cut it out
with an X-Acto knife.

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You want to make sure
when you're cutting

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it that you keep this attached.

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You don't want to cut
all the way through

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or this central part will fall out.

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And that gives you a nice little
swoopy edging of your napkin.

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These ones, these are some
napkins that I tested with-- where

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the ombre didn't work so well.

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So I was just using them as
scrap to test different designs.

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And I was sort of thinking
about the bottom of a doily,

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and so I just free-handed
this scallop border here,

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and then I cut that out entirely.

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So I was left with a piece like
this, this very piece in fact,

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and then with the top part I
hole-punched into every scallop

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there.

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So this is a two part stencil,
and I was left with this piece.

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So then when you go and you
apply that to the napkin,

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you can change the
thickness between here.

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You just want to make sure after
these have air dried to follow

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the manufacturer's instructions
on your textile ink

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and heat set it, which
normally means just ironing it.

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But be sure to read your
specific instructions.

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So as you can see, there are
so many different designs

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to try when you're stenciling.

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The very best thing to
do though is just doodle.

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Don't worry about it.

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Don't be precious about it.

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Grab a scrap piece of paper
and come up with some designs

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until you have
something that you like.

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Transfer it on to the mylar,
test it out on a scrap of fabric

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until you find that
it works, and then

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apply it to your ombre napkins.

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And you have some custom printed
napkins for your next dinner party.