Deb and I got together yesterday afternoon to do some fabric painting. We used a variety of textile paints, blended and mixed colors, then brushed, dabbed, and dribbled them onto fabric.
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| Deb's first piece, nearly dry. |
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| My first piece, still wet. |
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I rolled up my first piece so the colors would soften and blend, then put it in a plastic bag to take home.
Once I got home and ironed it, this is how it looked:
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| Sunset colors. |
On our next pieces, we mostly used Setacolor paints and diluted them about
50/50 with water; the colors flowed nicely over dampened cloth. This time we painted on some mystery fabric of Deb's -- a very soft, loosely woven
blend. We agreed these would make lovely scarves, especially with the addition of some nuno-felting!
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| The loosely-woven fabric, freshly painted. |
I'd brought along my painting boards for us to use. They're foam core, covered front & back with clear Contac paper to keep moisture from seeping in, and I've used them for
years. When we finished painting for the day, I noticed how they were stained with layers and layers of paint, a testament to many sessions of fabric painting.
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| My colorful painting boards! |
Here are my two painted pieces after I ironed them to set the colors:
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| Painted fabrics, ready to use. |
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The sunset-color piece on the right might work in my next challenge project, and the green-blue piece is still insisting on being nuno-felted!
What do you think?
