On other porous and semi porous surfaces the paints have excellent adhesion.
Marbling fabric colors dull.
I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint.
This traditional technique can be used to make your own patterned fabric one of a kind wrapping paper greeting cards and more.
Fabric marbling trays or large shallow storage bin that allows napkins to lay flat when marbling.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
Continue with another color and that was used denim blue.
Fabric scarves ties or other items to marble we used sh silk hankies and mccb mercerized combed cotton broadcloth.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
Methocel for marbling.
Marbling fabric supplies.
One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric.
I used 2 different combs to create this pattern.
Stir in enough water into each cup so that the paint takes on the consistency of heavy whipping cream.
The new jacquard marbling colors are the very best but any of the following can be used.
Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric.
Jacquard marbling colors provide professional results and have good adhesion on any.
Here i used a stick to gently move the paint drops around the tub to create patterns.
Acrylic paint in whatever colors you want.
Smooth with your hands or a spatula.
Take the squeeze bottle and squeeze drops all over the shaving cream.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
Methocel or carageenan best waterbased paints.
Our workshop was wonderful.
With the top of a spoon slowly stir around the colors.
Fabric marbling is the art of floating paints on top of a thick solution called size manipulating the paints into patterns then transferring the pattern to an object by gently placing the object on top of the solution marbling lets you make your one of a kind quilting or other fabric item.
It is surprisingly easy to create.
Fabric fiber surfaces any porous or semi porous surface including natural and synthetic fabrics canvas paper wood leather and more.
Scrape off excess foam.
Repeat with complementary colors.
I splattered paint on the marbling medium to create this marbled fabric.
Drip dye colors all over.
Then take second color and squeeze that the same way.
Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
Fill a baking tray with shaving cream.
Choose 1 to 3 colors of acrylic paint then pour each color into a small cup.
You will want to continue with the same or similar colors.
Bandanas cotton hankies and even t shirts can be marbled not to mention scarves.
Apply light pressure to smooth.
Bucket of water to the side to rinse fabric once marbled.
Take you pan and filled it with shaving cream.
If you like marbled paper you might like marbled fabric too.
On fabric the marbling colors are soft to the touch and completely washfast after heat setting.
