Paints for painting

  A lot of things are available in stores for fabric painting.

 Different types of paint which I have tried are

·         Ordinary acrylic paint in different colours.

·         Pearl/metallic shades: these are paint which have a shiny effect. These are used directly without water. I have found that with the use of water the gloss  and colour separate out.Mettalic shades include gold silver copper ,bronze. They are available as powder form and liquid form. The powder form has to be mixed with water. But nowadays since the liquid form is available it is always better to use it.

·         Fabric pens: these can be used for quick painting. easy to handle especially for kids. Useful for writing text on T-shirts.

·         Fluorescent shades: Bright shades in different colours useful for bright T-shirts ,banners,

·         Spray paint: Useful for colouring a large area where manual painting is hectic. Also for quick spray painted effect on T-shirts.

·         3D-outliners: available in ordinary, pearl, metallic and glitter shades. These are great for borders and to give that final finished look.

Please respond if you know of any other form of fabric paint. Personally I prefer to use the ordinary paint as they last much longer after frequent washes than pearl shades.

Fabric painting :single colour

 Fabric painting is one of my favourite hobbies.Whether a student,a homemaker or a working professional we can experiment it with tiny projects at home.You can do it as a holiday project with your children or do it doing your leisure time.Painting on fabric is easy and interesting.Start doing  it and see how fast it inspires your friends to follow.. 

To start  all you need is : 

• One brush  and one colour of acrylic paint(preferably fevicryl fabric paint.)
•  Piece of cloth for trial and for cleaning.
• Two small bowls of water(for cleaning and painting)
• Embroidery ring or board with clips.

• First  destarch the cloth thoroughly before beginning by washing it in cold water and then dry it.Cotton clothes are preferred.

• Stretch the cloth thoroughly by putting it in an embroidery ring or you can clip it to board to get the full stretch.
• Take any simple design of your choice.If required trace it to the cloth before starting or you can experiment freehand.
• Make a neat outline with dry paint.while filling the shapes you can dip the brush in the bowl of water,remove the excess water by wiping and then place the brush in the centre of the shape so that it gets wet there.
• Now dip it in paint .Remove excess paint on sides of brush,and fill the shape starting from the centre carefully so that it does not spread beyond the border.
• Leave the paint to dry.Reverse iron after complete drying.