question about stenciling

[lungbutter.livejournal.com]

If you use fabric paint, is there still a need for textile medium? My common sense would tell me no, but I wondered if anyone still did both. I understand that textile medium is needed if you're mixing it w/ plain acrylic paint... That seems like the cheapest way to go, especially since I already have tons of acrylic laying around, I can just buy some textile medium to make it shirt-ready. Umm I had some more questions but I just had a brain fart, I'm sure they will resurface later once I get going. (so far all I have done was spray paint an anti-capitalism stencil I made onto some boxes to test it)