failed (er... "repurposed") freezer paper stencil

I was inspired by Handmade Mommy to make a 

stenciled bag for a friend's birthday recently, since I 

had just bought the largest roll of freezer paper I've

ever seen. I followed the suggested tutorial to a T,

cutting the business logo out of freezer paper, ironing

it onto my duck cloth, and filling in the shape with 

fabric paint. However, when I came back the next

morning and peeled the freezer paper template off,

the shape was all globby around the edges.

 

Since it was a last-minute gift idea (no time to re-stencil), I cut the

birdy out and tried to sew it on as an unfinished-edge applique.

This clearly wasn't going to be sturdy enough to hold up on a bag

that got any use at all, so I cut out the square, left the black threads

hanging off the edges, and made it the gift tag for another gift altogether.

I wish I had snapped a picture of it, because it turned out to be

an uncommonly groovy gift tag. As for freezer paper stencils,

I suspect the problem may have been my fabric. I would like to

try this whole thing again with a less course fabric -- maybe knit

(like the tutorial) or muslin. As for the Merdeka birdy, perhaps

I'll give the bag a go again later and just stick with handpainting!