Fabric Painting

Fabric painting can be a fun and beautiful craft. You can use it to add designs and color to clothing including t-shirts, pants, jeans, and jackets. In addition to that you can decorate bags and totes, pillows, lamp shades, and any other fabric item you wish to add color to.

Procedure for Fabric painting

Take a cotton cloth and remove starch and dry it for 1 day.

After that iron it neatly.

Now draw a design of your choice on the cloth to be painted.

For painting, I use fevicryl colors for durability and flexibility. Brushes that I use are generally numbers 000, 2 and 5.

For flowers I have used no.5 brush so that at a single stroke, I can complete the flower petals.

For filling leaves I used brush no. 2, and for lines, I used brush no. 000.

After completing the painting, keep it aside for 2 days and then iron on the reverse side of the painted design.

For more attractiveness of the design, stick “kundans” (stones) with the help of fabric glue.

Keep it aside again for 2 days, and then iron it on the reverse side again.

Take care to wash these painted dresses with hand only.

Tissue Paper Flowers

Materials

facial tissue
thread
scissors

Instructions:

1. Pick one tissue and fold it back and forth.  It should be like a paper fan or and accordion fold.
2. For smaller flowers, cut the folded tissue into two pieces each about 4 inches long.  Put the two pieces on top of each other. 
3. Use a piece of thread and tie it tightly in the middle.
4. Separate the layers of the tissue and fluff it into a flower shape.

Ideas and Hints

1. If you only have single ply facial tissue, stack two or three tissues on top of each other before starting step one.
2. Use colored tissue to make colorful flowers.
3. Use water color paint to create the coloring shown in the pictures.  The coloring should be very watery to get the blending shown in the picture by the instructions.  Use a paint brush to dab the paint on the edge of the tissue and let the water absorb to spread the color along the petals.
4. Use thicker paint to get the more defined colors shown in the picture below.  Use a paint and dab the paint where you want it.
5. If you don't have watercolor paint, try food coloring.  Be careful as it could stain counters or work surfaces.
6. Use glitter glue to add some sparkle to the flowers.