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How to Make Your Own Stencils + Thousands of Free Ready-to-Use Downloads

By Sara Barnes on October 15, 2017

Get inspired by stencils:

See how artists, crafters, and designers have used stencils to create beautiful work.

TigTab

How to Make a Stencil

How to Make a Stencil

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Fine Art Center

Make Your Own Stencil

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Diogo Machado

Make Your Own Stencil

Make Your Own Stencil

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Stencilize

Make Your Own Stencil

Make Your Own Stencil

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NeSpoon

Free Printable Stencils

Free Printable Stencils

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C215

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All that's left to do is… get stenciling!

 

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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