Fabric craft
You will need
- 100% thin cotton sheeting 150 x 110cm
- Setacolor transparent paints.
- Cut-our shapes, pasta etc.
- Sun (infra-red lamps)
- Brushes, foam or sponges
- Water
Cotton
100% thin cotton works very well with this techniques. However, you could also use silk and cotton lawn. Make sure you wash th cotton sheeting before you start, to remove any size in the fabric. Cut a 150 x 110cm length of cotton fabric and wet it by dipping it in a bucket of water, putting it under a tap or laying it out on the lawn and sprinkling it with the hose. Lay the sarong on a large sheet of polythene, on the lawn, or stretch it on a frame before your start to paint.
100% thin cotton works very well with this techniques. However, you could also use silk and cotton lawn. Make sure you wash th cotton sheeting before you start, to remove any size in the fabric. Cut a 150 x 110cm length of cotton fabric and wet it by dipping it in a bucket of water, putting it under a tap or laying it out on the lawn and sprinkling it with the hose. Lay the sarong on a large sheet of polythene, on the lawn, or stretch it on a frame before your start to paint.
Paints
Choose your colours. For the dolphin sarong; blue, purple, pink and turquoise were used. The paints are fairly thick and can be diluted, one volume of paint and up to three volumes of water, depending on the intensity of colour required. Next, paint the surface of the wet cotton using a large paintbrush, foam brush or sponge. You cold also dip dye the cloth in a bucket if you only wanted one or two colours. The dolpin sarong was painted in stripes with a blue border around the edge. While the cotton is still wet, place your cut-outs, paste etc. Onto the fabric.
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