I've got a head cold so I skipped
Joyce's hand dying class but since I had a nice little chunk of me time in my day, I hauled out some old fabric paint - the 99cent variety which
Sonji says are the bee's knees - and did a bit of experimenting. So far, so good. They're not 100% dry yet, but I can envision creating a moon out of this one:
And perhaps a lovely little spring garden out of this one:
As a side note, I'd like to let everyone know that Charlie the kitten is so pleased as Punch with all of this that he has fallen asleep with his little chin on my right hand. I guess I'm not going anywhere for a while....
3 comments:
Tell us about your diluting experiences. Lots of people seem to have a problem with that. I tend to do a lot of thin layers to get what I want. I'm interested in hearing your take on it.
Hope you are feeling better.
OMG, I LOVE, Love, Love your spring-colored fabric! I know nothing about dyeing fabric so in my book, you're a goddess. Kiss kitty-kat for me, and take some vitamin C for yourself. :-)
Coming from an art background, I tend to do thin layers and build up as well. I also wet the fabric before I put any of the paint on...well, not entirely true as some of my green paint spurted out when I was putting it in my paint tray. OK... so I wet the fabric after I spurted the paint on it but in general it was wet on wet. The spring cotton is a bit on the stiff side so I wouldn't use it in something I was going to wear, but for something that hangs on the wall, it was just fine. I ironed it this morning between a couple of paper towels and that made it a wee bit less stiff.
On a side note, when I was living in Candada, I bought some fabric dye called "Colour Vie" which can be applied like paint but isn't as stiff. I've not seen it for sale in the states, but I think you can order it from their website. It is, alas, not $0.99USD a bottle....
P.S. Feeling much better today thanks to all the fuzz therapy. ;)
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