re: Fabric Painting Tips from Judy Coates Perez

ArtistInResidence — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:42:59 GMT

I digitize designs in my embroidery program to be stiched out as outlines only, similar to Redwork. After stitching the outlines on the embroidery machine, I paint them with txtile paints. I particularly like to use pearl and metalic paints. It is like coloring in a child's coloring book. The textile paint completely covers the background allowing me to use printed fabric. Using metalic thread for the stitching makes a very elegant design.

re: Fabric Painting Tips from Judy Coates Perez

Irmgardsculpt — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:58:19 GMT

I just tought a class on painting a quilt or fabric. I tought my students a totally different way of painting with Paintsticks which are designed to be used on fabric. Rather than applying the stick directly to the fabric or quilt, I had the students create a puddle of paintsticks on a paperplate and then use a good, short brush, pick up the paint off the plate and paint the prequilted fabric. The student thoroughly enjoyed themselves and they all did a magnificant job. This style of painting will allow you to layer paints and shade to obtain depth of the project your are painting.