Fabric Painting (Part Three)
One of the techniques in the book for adding texture to a painted piece was to crinkle the fabric up. Crinkled fabric drying on lawn (subliminal message: you do not see dandelions in my lawn!) Dryed and pressed fabric that was crinkled And finally, after a long day of fun in the sun, it was time to clean up. I still had a few pieces of fabric left and we still had some mixed fabric paint left, so we improvised and finished everything up rather than throw anything away. Top fabric - fingers were dipped into the paint and then sprinkled over the fabric. Some of the mixed paint was opaque and some transparent - can you tell which is which? We also had some cute elastic shapes that we put on top of the fabric for sun-printing - these worked quite well. Middle fabric - sponged leftovers onto fabric and heavily salted. Love the way the salt provides texture to the finished pieces. Bottom right - last piece of fabric was just dipped into the remaining containers one corner ...