[Ansteorra] Clothing painting question

[Bree Flowers]

When I paint fabric I use any old acrylic paint mixed with fabric
painting medium. It doesn't like to be stretched (most of my work
thusfar has been on baby onesies, hence the stretching) and tends to
crack a little along the lines of knit fabric when it is stretched.
Totally holds up to repeated laundering though and I imagine it would
work great on woven fabrics. The one good thing about this method is
plain acrylic paint is cheap, and this way you can get any color you
can imagine.

I would do the fills using the above mixture, and then run around the
edges with conventional fabric paint in those little squeezy
pointy-tipped applicators to clean up the edges. It will look like dye
and gutta when you're done.

~Eve

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Elizabeth Crouchet
<elizabeth at crouchet.com> wrote:
> Has anyone tried the silk dying techniques on cotton fabrics?
>  How does it work or hold up?
> Does it work better than fabric paints?
> Is there a preferred fabric paint to use for heraldic tabards and the like?
>
>
> I am particularly interested in painting or stenciling, not applique for
> this project.
>
>
> thanks so much!
>
> Claire
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