Carpe Diem fabric painted jumper

I spotted this cute jumper in Banana Republic a few weeks ago, but only thought about recreating my own version when I rediscovered an old Gap jumper I had at the back of the wardrobe, which hadn't been worn for a while, and it made sense to spruce it up and give it a new lease of life taking inspiration from the Banana Republic one.

I bought some Dylon fabric paint pots in black and white, thinking I could use the white for a design on a navy Gap jumper I have in the same style, and so went with the black for the orange jumper.

I also bought some "iron-on" wax paper (similar to greaseproof paper but waxed on one side) to use as my template.

Using the Banana Republic logo as a guide, I drew my own version of the text straight onto the non-waxed side of the paper:

I then cut out the letters (making sure I left a little paper link to the insides of the D, a, p etc). This would have been much less fiddly with a sharp pen knife!

Next, I ironed the wax paper (wax side down) onto the jumper:

Using a foam stencil brush (found on ebay) I dabbed several layers of the fabric paint onto the jumper, and following the paint's instructions I ironed over the paint between each layer:

And with a little suspense and teasing of the paper off the jumper when the last layer of paint was thoroughly dry, this was the final result:

Woohoo!