Spring Into a Fresh Batik Technique

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jay8percy — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:17:02 GMT

Brilliant !!!! Saves on old flour AND you get the best of your wanted colours !

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dottied — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:13:41 GMT

I teach students with profound cognitive impairments and multiple disabilities. I tried this technique for Batik in my classroom when our 2nd grade Buddies came to join us. Simple and beautiful and easy to do with kids and in the classroom where there is no heat source and only cool running water. The fabrics are beautiful. We are framing them and sending them home for Mother's Day.

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tlewis@midrivers.com — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:20:50 GMT

Anyone who's hooked on green is tops in my book. In reading your other blog comments, I see there are quite a few of us who can't resist wearing it, decorating with it, or putting thread through it. I'm intrigued by your flour-paste printing technique. Judging by the tone-on-tone lusciousness, you must have started with green batik. You probably said that and I missed that detail. I'm eager to try this. Always love surprises, esp. when they're the color of spring.

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catarina3 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:30:33 GMT

Gorgeous! On the fabric with a swirley pattern, did you completely cover the cloth and then draw in the shapes, or did you apply the flour paste in the swirley shapes?

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WhoopeeGirl — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:03:55 GMT

I'm glad I'm not the only one addicted to green LOL. I'm pretty excited about this project! The results are gorgeous, and the "ingredients" are cheap, easy to find, and non-toxic... PLUS it's easy enough for my lovies (11 and 6) to do with me. Twice as much finished fabric, you know!

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TeriDenson — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:19:40 GMT

I'm new to this fabric painting "thing" but would like to try this technique. How thick is the layer of flour paste on the fabric? How large is the piece of fabric you used for this amount of flour paste? Does the paint soak through all the flour or just in the cracks? Is the paint diluted or full strength?

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Rinachiyya — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:52:37 GMT

Thanks Pokey for showing your beautiful fabrics.

That are gorgeous colors green.

I watch your show all the time and make sure I am home in time to see what is coming on.Love your showand also love the magazine.

Thanks for explaining how you did it.

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matheu — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:58:36 GMT

I love this technique but my computer would not print the info so I copied it by hand. What am I doing wronf? Connie M.

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dksmith11 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:25:59 GMT

This is a technique that I am definitely going to try. If mine look HALF as good as yours, I'll do it again and again! I've never heard of flour resist....your results are fabulous! Thanks for sharing!

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Lillian E. — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:10:27 GMT

Thank you for sharing more great techniques...

If you really love green that much I would like to invite you to visit the beautiful Pacific Northwest! We have green everywhere (it's all the rain)... By the end of winter even our street turns green from all the moss.

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cindyl57 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:04:25 GMT

These are beautiful Pokey and thanks for the instructions! My favorite color is green, too. Did you use muslin or a commercially printed fabric to start with?

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Zoombaby — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:02:03 GMT

I also have a very large "green" stash, in pretty much the same shades as you. :)

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lalaW — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:16:39 GMT

Your fabric's are so wonderfully juicey and GREEN- I can almost smell freshly cut grass. Got ot go get my Old issue of CPS and give this a go! Flowers bloom ing soon!!!!!

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Laura54 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:04:38 GMT

Now I understand why the backgruond here is so green!

Seriously I find a big idea this one with the flour paste and I will surely try it.

Thank you.

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part5ner — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:15:57 GMT

I've done this technique many times before and have found it to be easy, a lot of fun, and it makes great backgrounds for adding other layers.

One thing I found, before I pour on the paste, I pin the fabric to my padded printing surface. I pin about every two inches or less all around. It keeps the piece flat while it dries. Otherwise, if I don't pin, the piece will crumple quite a bit, and it can cause different or more crackling than I wanted, and it makes it much more difficult to put on the paint. Be sure to add the paint at full strength or your color will be too pastel.