grannyp70

Beautiful block. I have wanted to do something with colored pencils but didn't know if the color would fade out or not.

janeknapp

This little quilt was colored by a 7-year-old girl. It is a Club Penguin (game on computer).

cyhilty

A question, what is the differents between fabric medium and textile medium, been to joann's and hobby lobby and ask for fabric medium and they give me textile medium. are they the same? I have textile medium for other crafts. Thanks for any Info.

janeknapp

I think they are the same. Textile means fabric.

The textile/fabric mediums I've read about are to help use acrylic paint on fabric.

Maybe someone else can add more information.

cyhilty

Janeknapp- Thank you for the reply,you are the best

janeknapp

This fish was colored by a boy entering fifth grade.

janeknapp

I love the Loew Cornell brushes for this technique. I bought a set of four from Michaels for use on fabric, but Michaels doesn't carry that brand now. The Art Minds brand Michael's sells is not quite as stiff as I like for this technique. I ordered individual brushes from Dharma Trading Company to add more sizes.

Order the Loew Cornell flat and round fabric painting brushes from Dharma.
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3260-AA.shtml

The flat brushes 2, 4, 6, and 8 and the round brushes 10/0, 5/0, 0, and 2 are the ones that I prefer for the work I am doing.

Here is what Dharma says about Brushes For Fabric Painting:

Fabric painting brushes need to be stiffer so you can press the paint into the fabric. Fabric paints have to be pressed down into the fabric as they are painted on. If you just lay a bead or layer on the surface, it will not grip the fibers and therefore will flake or chip off.

Silk Brushes vs. Fabric Brushes
Silk brushes are soft and soak up large amounts of dye. They are used for filling in areas and watercolor painting. Fabric brushes are stiffer than silk brushes, which helps to force paint or dye into the weave of fabric.

Johanna Fritz

This is beautiful. I assume you are familiar with Quilting Arts Magazine. They have great things like this in there. Their website for the TV show (on PBS) also has show notes with techniques, photos etc.
Great work!

janeknapp

Thanks, Johanna! I do have a subscription to the Quilting Arts Magazine. I see so many things I would like to do in the issues.

SewExtremeSeams

Jane, are you talking about using these brushes when you are applying aloe vera gel over the colored pencils?