Best fabric paint?
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Best fabric paint?
I recently found some vintage Cameo Liquid Embroidery fabric projects that I remember from the 70's. These are the white (I'm assuming cotton) blocks with the stamped designs. I have seen on QB where some have used paints in some of their pieces. I was hoping to find something that does not make the piece feel stiff, has a watercolor effect and can take many washings.
Any help and guidance would be really appreciated!
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Any help and guidance would be really appreciated!
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#2
you can still get tri-chem paints believe it or not.
The most famous quilter I know that paints and sells her fabric was on The Quilt Show awhile back and she buys the $2.00 bottles of craft paint at hobby stores and dilutes it by half.
The most famous quilter I know that paints and sells her fabric was on The Quilt Show awhile back and she buys the $2.00 bottles of craft paint at hobby stores and dilutes it by half.
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I see a lot of quilters use Inktense paints. I was looking at them myself..they say they remain soft after drying and colors are vibrant...the large kits can get pricey but I was thinking just the starter set of 12, you could easily blend to make any color you want. I was thinking of doing a crayon quilt with them...but that's a project for winter for me!
here's a start....
https://www.google.com/search?q=quil...w=1280&bih=566
here's a start....
https://www.google.com/search?q=quil...w=1280&bih=566
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KamalaQuilts - I did see that Tri chem was still available but thought if it was like the old Cameo pens that I didn't like the stiff feeling that it gave.
Donna - thank you so much for the link, it took me to a you tube video where she used Jacquard paints and it looks like it would give me the look that I was hoping for since the projects have large areas to paint/color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfwyibxqJXs
Donna - thank you so much for the link, it took me to a you tube video where she used Jacquard paints and it looks like it would give me the look that I was hoping for since the projects have large areas to paint/color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfwyibxqJXs
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Another possibility would be "crayoning".
I did a trial run on a mug rug.
It has held its colour well, through many, many washings in hot water.
Fabric is just the same feel as without any crayoning, so that should meet your requirements.
I remember those Cameo paints, and the hardness it gave to the fabric.
I did a trial run on a mug rug.
It has held its colour well, through many, many washings in hot water.
Fabric is just the same feel as without any crayoning, so that should meet your requirements.
I remember those Cameo paints, and the hardness it gave to the fabric.
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