Making your own fabric designs is a lot of fun. Learn how to make batik fabric with washable glue. Included are two free patterns to get you started!
In this easy tutorial, I show you how to make a gorgeous piece of batik art using a glue stick and home-made fabric paint.
Learn to block print from start to finish - without spending a fortune on supplies. This post shows how to affordably get started block printing!
I am bringing home this tutorial for "How to Watercolor Paint on Fabric", which was originally shared on Ella Claire, here. If you are looking for a tutorial to turn your watercolor fabric (or
How to make fabric paint: In this tutorial we make our own brilliant diy fabric paint from acrylic paint simply by adding a couple of household ingredients.
In this tutorial, mixed-media artist Cathy Taylor shows you how to create artful nature prints using easy monoprinting techniques.
Alcohol inks are brightly colored dye-based paints that are most often used in creating free flowing textures. They can be used alone in mixed media projects such as printing and stamping, jewelry making, fabric dying, and brightening up household objects. Many markers contain dye-based alcohol inks, so the tones and c
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Step by step instructions and suggestions for Batik.
In this easy tutorial, I show you how to make a gorgeous piece of batik art using a glue stick and home-made fabric paint.
Looking for a fun and unique DIY project this summer? Well move over, tie-dye! Sun-printing is the new ultimate summer craft. With only a few materials and a little bit of sunshine, you can create beautiful patterns that will last a lifetime. (Photo Credit: Elizabeth Creates) The key to this neat impression is cyanotype fabric. This light-sensitive fabric changes colors (or
A round up of how to gelatin print, inspirational images, and tutorials.
Easily paint fabric with this DIY tutorial. You can even try to paint a fabric chair!
How to make fabric paint: In this tutorial we make our own brilliant diy fabric paint from acrylic paint simply by adding a couple of household ingredients.
When summer is back... Let's take advantage of the sun and do a little bit of sun printing! It's fun and easy! Quand les beaux jours reviennent ...Profitons de l'été pour faire de l'impression au soleil! C'est amusant et facile! Take a plastic covered cardboard or a wood plank. Tape several pieces of different fabrics on its surface. (White or light colors work better). Prenez un carton ou une planche recouverts de plastique. Collez-y, au moyen de ruban adhésif, plusieurs morceaux de tissus. (Le blanc ou les couleurs claires conviennent mieux). Gather some fresh or dried plants, as well as some small objects. Rassemblez des plantes fraîches ou sèches, de même que de petits objets. Spray the fabrics with clear water. Sprayez les tissus avec de l'eau claire. Quickly paint the fabrics with textile paint, keeping the whole very wet. Peignez rapidement les tissus avec de la peinture textile, en gardant le tout bien humide. Place plants or objets right away. Don't wait! Leave the fabric in direct sun for one or two hours. Placez les plantes tout de suite, n'attendez pas! Laissez les tissus au soleil pour une ou deux heures. I did some trials and I think plain fabrics work better. I'm no textile paint specialist, so I took whatever I had as far as textile paints at home, and they all worked well. I know that there are some special paints for sun printing on the market, but never tried them. I've made a few textile cards with my sun prints, J'ai fait des essais et je trouve que les tissus unis conviennent mieux. Je ne suis pas une spécialiste des peintures textiles, j'ai donc pris les peintures textiles que j'ai trouvé dans mes placards. Elles ont toutes bien marché. Je sais qu'il existe des peintures exprès pour l'impression au soleil dans le commerce mais je ne les ai jamais essayées. J'ai fait des cartes textiles avec mes impressions soleil. More on sun printing / Impression au soleil, encore: http://maryandpatch.blogspot.ch/2015/09/sun-printing-impression-au-soleil.html
One hot Tuesday morning Beth, Natalie and I cycled to the edge of Kyoto to do a stencil dying workshop in a factory and school that...
In my personal botany studies I’ve been thinking a lot about my own connection with plants in my environment. Fortunately our yard has a diverse range of foliage thanks to the garden loving l…
Want to turn your latest frustration into beautiful art? Flower pounding might be the art medium you’ve been waiting for. Seriously, all you need is a hammer, fresh flowers, paper or fabric and a little suppressed rage. The process couldn't be easier. WHAT YOU NEED Flowers Hammer or mallet Pretreated Fabric (instructions below) Watercolor Paper
For one of our last alternative processes, we will learn the technique of gum bichromate printing , or "gum" printing as it's often known. ...
Hammered Flower Prints on Fabric are a great way to preserve some of that beautiful spring/summer flower color and make a great gift or card. Hammer away!
Create amazing prints with the sun! See How to Make Cyanotype Prints on Fabric! It's an easy photographic process for amazing blue art!
How to paint fabric for inexpensive DIY curtains, pillows, and more. Learn which paints are best and how to paint fabric so it's beautiful and soft.
Instructions on how to do sun painting (heliographics) with Setacolor Transparent Fabric Paints.
Super easy way to start eco printing with paper. See amazing results without hardly any expenditure. Step by step tutorial
Can you use acrylic paint on fabric? Learn how to paint fabric with acrylic paint permanently. Fabric paints and a DIY fabric medium recipe here
Learn about Eco Printing on Paper in this step by step tutorial. Discover how to create unique eco dyed papers using leaves and flowers
Lois Ericson shows you how to create uniquely colored and patterned fabrics with ordinary household bleach.
Tutorial sun prints: here's a few tips and tricks for you to make botanical sun prints at home. By Dutch textile designer Dieuwertje van de Moosdijk.
Batik is a fascinating art form and craft that involves dying fabric in specific ways to create unique patterns. How does that apply to your digital life?
After stumbling into a passion for painted cheesecloth for use in her art quilts, Julie Booth became hooked in just making the colorful stuff.
Try this fun tutorial that shows you how to experiment with eco printing on paper giving you beautiful results from nature.
The beauty of plant-stamped fabric lies in the wonderful imperfection of the print. You can add a hand-made touch to your house and print some cushions, tea towels, table runners or bags. Don't worry about your skills, it's really easy! Follow this tutorial to learn how to do that.
2014 was a very busy year for me... work, wedding and planning incomming changes for 2015 (and some major changes in my personnal life are comming, oh my...). I didn't sew much, but I'm very happy that I finished one art quilt and started another, that I started designing PP patterns again after the wedding and I've prepared 4 projects for quilting magazines. Quilting resolutions for 2015: - finishing second art quilt and submitting it to quilt show in Birmingham - working on PP patterns - preparing 2 or 3 projects for magazines - starting working on a big quilt... I have the plan already, I just need to collect some low-volume fabrics for the background. - blogging more often and sewing more small projects Ostatni dzien w roku. Wiele z was pewnie szykuje sie gdzies na wyjscie, inne moze spedza ten czas przed telewizorem z kieliszkiem szampana i dobrym filmem... a moze przy maszynie? ;) My siedzimy w domu, bedziemy ogladac filmy i przytulac koty jak sie zaczna fajerwerki. W 2014 nie szylam duzo. Plany byly wielkie, oj tak, ale kiedy one nie sa wielkie. Niestety, nie zawsze byl czas na szycie, a nawet jak czas sie znajdowal, to ochoty brakowalo. Duzo czasu pochlonelo organizowanie slubu i wesela, a potem musialo troche minac zanim znowu weszlam w rytm i zaczelam szyc. Ciesze sie, ze udalo mi sie skonczyc jeden art quilt i zaczac kolejny, ze zaczelam znowu po weselu projektowac wzory PP i ze przygotowalam 4 projekty do magazynow patchworkowych. Szyciowe plany na 2015? Na pewno szyc wiecej malych rzeczy i czesciej pisac na blogu, skonczyc art quilt i zglosic go na wystawe do Birmingham, przygotowac ze 2 czy 3 projekty do gazet i rozpoczac prace nad duza narzuta, ktorej pomysl w glowie mam juz od polowy 2014 (tylko musze troche materialow uzbierac): Last project to show in 2014 - fox bag which I've made about 2 months ago (I've submitted it to the contest, but without any luck). Matching mittens were made by amazing quilting friend of mine - Ania @ coto.patchwork :) Thank you so much, you're the best and I'm so lucky to have you :) Ostatni 'uszytek' w 2014 - juz dosc stary, ale nie mialam go kiedy pokazac - torba z lisem. Prosta, plocienna, a lis malowany tuszami do tkanin i obszyty czarna nicia przy uzyciu stopki do pikowania. Mitenki do kompletu zrobila mi Ania @ coto.patchwork :) Dziekuje ci Aniu z calego serca :) The bag is very simple, but the whole fun was to paint the fox. As always I used Liquitex inks: And I finished the painting with thread sketching (outlines and details): I would like to thank all the companies, who supported my projects in 2014 - Aurifil for the wonderful threads, Northcott Fabrics for yards and yards of Stonehenge fabrics, Robin's Patchwork and Craft Fabrics for many beautiful fabrics which they supplied me with. Thank you with all my heart! Warm hugs for all the quilting friends - those from around here and far away, those who I've met personally (you know who you are ;) and those who I only know through blogs and emails. You make all THIS fun! Your support keeps me going and is pushing me to challenge myself and to create! Wielkie uklony w strone firm, ktore wspomogly moje projekty w 2014 - Aurifil za nici, Northcott Fabrics za metry materialow Stonehenge, Robin's Patchwork i Craft Fabrics za piekne tkaniny, wsparcie i serdecznosc. A na koniec wirtualne usciski dla Was wszystkich :) Tych blisko i daleko, tych, ktorych poznalam osobiscie (wiecie, o kim pisze :) i tych, ktorych znam tylko z forum, FB, blogow i maili. Dzieki Wam to wszystko sie kreci (i to jak :D ), dzieki Wam robie to, co robie i staram sie to robic jak najlepiej. Oby nadchodzacy rok przyniosl wam to, na co czekacie. Do zobaczenia niedlugo! I wish you all the best in the New Year! See you soon!
2017 Topic 16: Rustification Hello everyone, it's Leandra here with you tonight, before we launch into the new topic, which I sense you are all going to LOVE! Let's see who won the last challenge for the Pearlescent topic! The winner is: Craftyfield from Crafty Endeavours She got on a bit of a roll with challenge entries over the last 2 weeks, and even snuck an entry in at the 11th hour of the challenge deadline! The random number fell on her black and white entry, but all of them were quite different with a touch of pearlescent about them all! Congratulations! Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] So we had no shortage of bloggers wanting to play with rust for the new topic, and that doesn't surprise me, as the whole concept of making things look rusty has been super popular in mixed media circles for the last few years. Whether you are working onto fabrics, wood, metal, even glass, creating a rust patina can be done in all kinds of ways, and in this post I'm going to share a few with you. Please feel free to join in the blog challenge by linking your own creativity at the foot of this post to any of you online social media links. Experiments from Alice Fox onto fabric with objects that can be rusted. There are loads of photos from Alice on Pinterest, it is a good way to get some inspirational ideas of how you could rust fabric... I particularly loved the blog post she shared of an exhibition, the piece below was one on show. It is fascinating how rusty fabric is so popular, yet lots of Artists create their own take and pull together the inspirations in different ways and methods. Jennifer Coyne has created a rust effect by printing onto teabags. You can see the process in this link here, where she took a photo and then extrapolated that onto teabags. She explains on her blog how she stitched it all together to create a much larger print. You will need to follow a few posts on her blog to understand how it all came together! Amazing! As below a work in progress... And then here is the finished piece being exhibited. See here. I also loved discovering about Jule Mallet She also uses her fabrics rusted in all kinds of ways to create a wide range of objects, dimensional and flat! and she makes prints... Even displaying rusty fabric can be done simplistically to great effect. And one of our own designers, Lin Brown, is also a dab hand at rusty fabric too, here is just one photo from her blog, but there are more if you follow the link. I adore how she brings her layers together so perfectly! Charlotte Hupfield, a ceramicist, is inspired by pieces like this rusty panel.... ... to inspire her when creating her ceramic art such as the samples below. Cracks, layers, light and dark. Beautiful! and how amazing is this! Take a bureau, add some paint, tadaaa. Here is our own mixed media specialist at rusting things...or at least, using Frescos to make something look rusty! Nikki Acton is a genius at this, see the details here on her blog. She has many posts using paints to create rusty effects, and the example below is gogeous with thos classic colours of patina and rust! The textured heart allows for shades to play in the light. Totally gorgeous, love the crackles too! Plus she gets loads of Seth Apter stamps and dies in the mix so cleverly! Deb blogged this piece over at Paxton Valley Folk Art , such a beaut using all kinds of products, including metal tape, embossed and coloured, die-cut shapes painted, and the whole frame ebellished. And here is Finnabair with one of her typical layered compositions. The cool thing about this idea, layers of textured objects, is you can apply any colour of paint to your base layer, then create a rust effect from there. This could be purely with paints and stippled layers, tickled with Treasure Gold waxes, or (and I've been wanting to try this for ages) ...how about painting shades of patina blue/greens onto the base, and then applying Rusting Powder?? I'm thinking a base in shades of turquoise-green patina, then you could apply a layer of gel medium, sprinkle all over liberally with rusting powder, tip off the excess. Once the gel is dry, you are then ready to rust the powder by keeping the powder damp for at least one and probably more like 2-3 hours, and of course, the rusty effect will develop. If you add a bit of acid (vinegar) to your water it will speed up the effect, or you could just put the canvas outside and let the natural elements do the work for you over a period of days or even weeks! Another rusty mixed media guru is Laura Bomber. If you check out this blog post she shares how she created all these frames using different painterly techniques. Brenda Brown created another gorgeous piece here with paints, and there are wonderful photos on her blog explaining how she created this. Ruth Mescall is another rust addicted crafter. Check out this post for more ideas. And how cool is this from Sally Mankus!! An acrylic skin with embedded rusty stuff! See here for details! OK, so I could go on and on sharing mixed media rusty things, so let's move on. What about rusted objects? What can you find in a local dump, on the side of the road or have you got a stash of hidden objects in the corner of your garden with some rusted treasures? Not sure you will have any of these to hand, but they are nice to look at! A typesetter... Corrugated iron always rusts to perfection! We actually have one of these rusting here on the farm...a newer version though, so not quite as 'pretty' as this! Old train... A sewing machine! (*shocked face*) or maybe you have loads of these lying about?? Finally some art, the layers of peeling and cracked paint always has massive appeal to me, I could fill any room with this type of creation, I love the colours and this style of abstract art. How hard can it be to do something like this ..worth a go I reckon! So as I said at the outset, no shortage of ideas for this topic! I think you're going to enjoy yourselves! I know our bloggers have! Wait to you see what they have been up to ober the coming 2 weeks!.... Have fun! ~ Leandra Don't forget to follow Darcy and Leandra's Pinterest boards if this topic pushes your buttons, you will see plenty more examples to whet your appetite there! I am really looking forward to seeing what you create over the next 2 weeks! We hope that you learn something interesting from our blog. Our bloggers deeply appreciate your comments so much, so please take time to let them know you've been inspired! Why not join our challenge by blogging your interpretation of the current topic and link it here? The current topic link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, 12th November 2017, and the winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. All links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. An InLinkz Link-up Challenge Guidelines The challenge is a for you to show how you are inspired by the current blog topic. We encourage you to play with us and explore your personal creative style. Please mention which PA blog post inspired you and and why (link directly to that post). Please don't link to the home page of your blog because then no-one can track back to easily find the original post. We prefer your challenge blog post is created exclusive to our challenge, but if our topic fits perfectly with another challenge, then you may link to both if appropriate. You are most welcome to use stamps/ products/ substrates you have to hand from a variety of companies, we do not expect you to exclusively use PA products - it's lovely when you do though! You can enter as many times as you like. We don't want to restrict your creativity! NB. Link closes at 17:00 Sunday 12th November, 2017 (London Time) Prize: The winner will receive a £50 credit voucher to be redeemed on the PaperArtsy Website. The credit voucher includes VAT and postage. We request that one of your purchases is an A5 rubber stamp. You can add any other items to your basket, but the final total should not exceed £50. It's your responsibility to claim your prize coupon from Darcy. email: [email protected] NEW Challenge/ winner: Each fortnight on Sunday, the winner will be announced at 19:00 (London time). In the same post, the link for the next fortnight will be posted. Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
