Paintings : Fabric Paintings on Saree

Originally Posted by virajitha

HI shobie...

can u just brief us how to do fabric painting..i am intrested to try it out...

thanks in advance

Hi Virajitha,

The first step is to wash the material. For the saree project I made a stencil. Got a blank stenciling sheet here in the craft store which is made of plastic. After drawing the design on the stencil sheet (with a marker pen) i cut it using wood burning tool . if you don't have that you can use an Xato knife or a hobby knife with a sharp tip. The process with the Xacto knife is a little tedious.

I used acrylic paint with a fabric medium. once you finish the stenciling part, you can do the touch ups free hand. Let it dry for at least 24 -48 hours and then iron it on the reverse side.

hope that helps....

Regards
shobhana

Hi Shobie,

Thanks for the info..

can we use acrylic paints. And what kinda medium can we purchase from michaels for acrylic paints...

thanks in advance

Originally Posted by virajitha

Hi Shobie,

Thanks for the info..

can we use acrylic paints. And what kinda medium can we purchase from michaels for acrylic paints...

thanks in advance

Hi Virajitha,

I used delta acrylic paint and decoArt fabric medium.The fabric medium converts Acrylics to Fabric Paints.

Regards,
Shobhana

thanks a lot shobie

Hi shobie

i am new to fabric painting...i saw in one forum we got to paint the white color first and then fill the pic with the colors we want to...Is this the way we got to do the fabric painting to get a better effect. Pls guide me...

Originally Posted by virajitha

Hi shobie

i am new to fabric painting...i saw in one forum we got to paint the white color first and then fill the pic with the colors we want to...Is this the way we got to do the fabric painting to get a better effect. Pls guide me...

Hi virajitha,

To tell you frankly I usually do not put the base coat of white when I do fabric painting.I think it depends on the paint you are using.When I use the delta acrylic paint with the fabric medium I don't see any reason to put the base coat and what I like the most is that the painted part of the fabric does not become hard to the touch.

I have tried Fabric paint (Fevicryl) from India. The consistency of that paint was different from the delta paint and it so happened that the fabric I was painting was blotting the paint. Now I don't know if I did something wrong or not. Maybe the best think Virajitha is to ask the person who suggested it. We might learn the reason.
Sorry that I could not be of more help.

Regards,
Shobie

wow!! how do u select the designs.. nice creativity!!!

thanks a lot shobie..i will also try it out in ur way

Originally Posted by drisya_473

i have done all these designs on moms plain cotton sarees.i have used fabric paints&fabric outliners for painting the same.these deigns are done on pallu.pl have a look and say how is it and how to improve

thanks

drisya

I am unable to open ur designs, Please give me advise how to open

Really good. Thanks Drisya.