A few years ago I took two different dye classes. One was actually dyeing fabric while the other was painting fabric. Now darned if I remember which ones I have here but the first was kinda ugly to me so I wet it and then applied a metallic paint with a bit of fabric medium. I used a foam roller with sections missing. The folds leave gaps and I should have repositioned and added another metallic. This was a fat quarter of white muslin originally.
Then the second piece seemed pretty good to me so I found a stencil to which I applied the metallic paint. Again, a fat quarter. 
Aha, this is how you get those layered effects!
Now this is what I learned.
1) I should get more foam rollers as that would have been better to roll in the paint and then on the stencil. Less would have gotten down in the grooves and the stencil would have been clearer when pressed onto the fabric.
2) The bigger the stencil the less mess.
3) Anything with fabric needs to be done in the basement. The mixed media counter area is too small and I am sure glad my sewing table came clean. yikes!
4) This is a lot of fun. I had a bit of a time crunch and lots is happening here in the coop. I will definitely be designating some long summer days to DYE for!
2 comments:
Elle thank you for sharing your tips. I can only imagine what a mess all of this can make. I do like your results. Happy creating...
Glad you had fun! I really like the one you did with the stencil. Very cool.
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