Potato Print Undies

Use this easy stamp technique to make custom designed undies in under an hour!  All you need is a potato and a pair of underwear.

Its no mystery that I love making custom undies!  Printed undies can get very expensive, but buying plain cotton underwear definitely fits in the budget. 

You can check out my other panties here:
DIY Lace Thong
Lacy Unmentionables
Knitted Edible Underwear

1. Undies - solid color
2. Potatoes
3. Fabric Paint
4. Knife and/or X-acto Knife
5. Plate

• Sketch out an image you want to stamp first.
• Cut out the image and place it against the potato then trace the image out with a felt tip pen.  OR you can just free hand draw on the potato.
• Think about what areas you want to be negative space (no ink) and positive space (ink).  Mark the areas that will be cut out either w/ an X or by coloring it in.
• Use an x-acto knifeto cut out the negative space.  Make sure you cut  the negative space deep enough so it doesn't show up in the stamp.

PREP

• UNDERWEAR: Insert a piece of card board in the underwear to prevent the paint from bleeding through
• PAINT: on a plate mix paint with a couple drops of water so the color is not too opaque.

STAMPING

• Press stamp into ink.  Make sure the ink doesn't glob up too much on the stamp by wiping some off on the plate.
• Press stamp onto underwear.  The amount you press depends on how much of the image you want to show.  I pressed lightly for some of the stamps so parts of the heart were missing. 
• If you want to use the stamp with multiple colors just wipe the stamp off with a paper towel.  But be gentle, since this is a potato stamp you can ruin the stamp if you press to hard.

I did a bunch of different shapes and designs.  Below you can see my cool leaf print with the blue, green, and purple leaves.  Kazmataz joined in the fun and made a potato stamp of a potato!!

Lay a piece of fabric over the underwear and iron.  This will make the underwear safe for washing!  Make sure you iron both sides.