By request

Hi and welcome.
I had a few requests from friends and followers of All&Create to show how I colour and stamp onto fabric.
It is a passion of mine to create my own fabric and I usually start with calico as it takes the colour really well and isn't too expensive.
When explaining about how I make it isn't always easy so I've taken photos to go along with the words.

I started by wetting the fabric with a water spray and it is important to thoroughly wet it, it you don't the paint grabs really quickly.

There are many different companies that produce fabric inks and I chose the Izink for this project. If your fabric is definitely not going to be washed you can use acrylic paint.

There is a quick video showing how I apply the paint in the following blog post.

 I usually leave the fabric over night I stencilled it with my favourite Lotza Dotz.

A short video is on a following blog post.

Next was to stamp the flower heads designed by Tracy Evans Hope #200 and colour them, I used Inktense pencils because when water is added the colours are vibrant. On the apron I made for the Hochanda shows I used the Izink paint on the flowers for speed.

After colouring and drying the flowers I ironed bondaweb onto the back of them. This gives a little more stability to the fabric when cutting around and they are then ironed onto the fabric. Glue can be used but you need to be careful of fraying.

If using bondaweb there is a paper backing make sure this is placed over the bondaweb so it doesn't stick to your iron. Peel it of then iron the flowers to the painted fabric.

I drew the stems with a permanent pen and added a sentiment.

I sewed the fabrics together and made a bag.

 These techniques can be used for lots of projects.

I recorded two short videos and have had difficulty adding them to this post but managed to add them to a second. If you'd like to watch they are in the next blog post.

thank you for visiting 

Debbie xx