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I was reading Patty Young's tips and came up with a good idea (it may not be original, I'm not sure). She said to design, write notes etc. right on your work surface. Right away I thought of the table-top rolls of drawing paper sold for children's artwork. They are mounted on wooden rollers...
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I have been doing some short, simple surface design tutorials on my blog. http://victoriaedm1.blogspot.com/2011/03/fibre-film.html http://victoriaedm1.blogspot.com/2011/03/fantastic-plastic.html http://victoriaedm1.blogspot.com/2011/03/painted-fusible.html http://victoriaedm1.blogspot.com/2011/03/crayons...
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[quote user="mtnjohn"] In my reading about fabric painting there appears to be 2 brands most often mentioned - Jacquard and Setacolor. From what I gather both are thinned with water; and, applicators (brushes, etc) can be cleaned with water. Setacolor is mentioned in relation to sun painting...
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I am pondering making some fabric covered items that will receive some handling and therefore wear -- they will have some metallic surfaces -- commercially printed and printed by me -- metallics often wedar off -- any ideas on the type of product i could spray to maintain the metallics ???
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I am pondering making some fabric covered items that will receive some handling and therefore wear -- they will have some metallic surfaces -- commercially printed and printed by me -- metallics often wedar off -- any ideas on the type of product i could spray to maintain the metallics ???
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That looks great, Deborah. What kind of paint did you use? I have taken buttons with a raised,neat design and glued them to the end of a wine cork and used as stamps for fabric. Hey, it's a good reason to open a bottle of wine!!
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I like glue resist too. It is fun to work with. Looking at your photos it seems your fabrics are blending well. I agree, you can enhance your focal point, the sun, with embroidery, paint or beading if you wanted to do that. I used glue resist on some silk fabric and painted with the setacolor paints...
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Ok....Here is my entry!! I tried several things, but I really wanted to do shoe prints! So I took my youngest daughters first pair of tennis shoes (Istill haven't gotten around to bronzing them! and she's almost 6). I applied black paint to the bottoms and "walked" across the fabric...
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I like couching yarns and fibers and sewing wire onto my pieces. Sometimes I make spirals from the wires and sew them on and sometimes I just use organic shapes from the wires. Once I was making fabric beads and using wire on them as an accent. I bent the wire too much so I snipped it off to start over...
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What is the surface design technique that you find yourself using over and over again, the one that you are most comfortable with? Almost all of my pieces start with hand painted fabric done using Pebeo Setacolor transparent paints. I use the heliograhic tendencies in the paint to create patterns (occasionally...