Tag: Fabric Swatch Exchange

Rust Dyeing #1

Pre research of rust dyeing. Starting with white polyester I used a flesh tone acrylic paint to dye it a light shade and then splattered deeper shades on top for contrast. Spread material out on deck and randomly laid out nails, washers, and screw nuts on top. After 5 days of spritzing with 50/50 mixture…

Rust Dyeing #2

Post research of rust dyeing. Unbleached muslin with an assortment of large objects (chains, hinges, brackets) laid out randomly and small items patterned somewhat on it. After 4 days of wetting this on my deck with 50/50 mixture of water/vinegar I washed and dried the material. Then dyed random areas overall in topaz; trying for…

Comb Swirls 2

At first wanting to marble paint my fabric, I found that I didn't have the necessary supplies.  So I decided to invent a process to mimic marbling.  I made plain Knox geletin and put it in a cookie sheet with raised sides.  When it cooled, I applied fabric paint and used my tangle comb to…

Comb Swirls 1

At first wanting to marble paint my fabric, I found that I didn't have the necessary supplies.  So I decided to invent a process to mimic marbling.  I made plain Knox geletin and put it in a cookie sheet with raised sides.  When it cooled, I applied fabric paint and used my tangle comb to…

free flow swatch

Here is one of the fabric  blocks that I hand painted with dye. . I really enjoyed entering a challenge for the first time, and trying new techniques with the fabric. . It was a delight to play with the layers of colour, blending to create unexpected patterns. After years of painting on canvas, I loved how the…

free flow

My fabric started out as white 100% cotton, and was painted with layers with fabric dye and fabric markers. I repeated a happy accident of brushing dye crystals on the fabric then spraying it with a water bottle.  While working, I thought of variations of lines in nature, how beautiful they are in their randomness and changeability, like ripples of…

Circular Ruins!

Design Process: – Muslin fabric dyed with black tea. – Acrylic patterns applied with bubble wrap and rubber mat. – Circles patterns free hand painted – Metal leaf applied. Lolo Sinclair

fabric swatch exchange

I used moldable foam stamps, molded with some of my favorite objects. Then I used paynes grey acrylic paint to stamp on the white cotton fabric, after that was dry, I used thinned fabric paint in various colors, applied with a baby wipe over the stamping.  When that was dry I restamped over certain areas…

Honey likes the Fabric Swatch

This is Honey and she's sitting on the pretty fabric. She thinks it's her fabric! I started with a yard or two of unbleached muslin to which i applied acrylic paint and graphite grid marks. I did some stamping with the letter "A".  This repeat pattern looks like the concrete floors I have painted in…