Check out this tutorial from ArtCave.eu explaining how to make stencils. Painting with stencils is  an easy way  of  renovating and decorating interiors – walls, furniture or simply making pictures and postcards.  Stencils can be also also re-usable so in case you require exactly the same pattern to be repeated few times stencils will be the technique that you are looking for.  Access this stencil painting tutorial