I recently designed a new project that requires a "sky" fabric. I don't have a lot of
blu![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XNWXx6ASLrPwgxdS4HcZFt8I6jherSpA0gYKMklFrXzaB74ddO-IykgOQtZj-2RVTmUj_Jl0vau24R5arzp5KKjKGyme-mr7piOZFfekA5ezIjnj4p7Th6vzOccT-w1Ziz6JQaV0t5Hp/s200/skypaintprep.jpg)
es in my stash and certainly nothing that could be used as a sky background. I thought about dyeing something, maybe going shopping but in the end decided to work with paint. I mixed a few
Setacolour fabric paints.....blues, green, yellow and a
pinkyorange, all of which I diluted quite a bit with water. I wet a piece of off white cotton, put on my rubber gloves and began p
ouring the paint here and there. I really just kind of squished it to get the colours fairly well blended.
Next I laid the piece out on some plastic sheeting raising some areas to create peaks and valleys. (top left) Sprinkled a generous amount of coarse salt and left it overnight to dry. The photos on the right show
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HG25QRC2f_cNFTKXWASfbbJMIx177gHbCYuzjGi1AllCe8BXKfqXl0y9HrRtGhm_QKh1IhEPtri9TY_f4TeCsioc2kCSeyEF9sVZmE-lu5FYqwpm5bmcEOi4hktFMNuL1IFTcDIG9UaJ/s200/skypaint2.jpg)
some close ups of the finished piece of fabric. I think this will work out just fine.
1 comment:
Wow, you caught my attention, because I have always wanted to paint on fabric. I bought some setacolor paints, but have not used them yet. Yours really turned out pretty and unique. Thanks for sharing.
Jocelyn
http://happycottagequilter.blogspot.com/
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