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Painted Silk Fabulous!

A Fun and Funky Fabric Treatment

Our Place : Episode OPL-415 -- More Projects »
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Create funky designs using rubbing alcohol on painted silk. Here's how to do it.

Materials:
fine silk
wooden frame
silk paints
paintbrush
rubbing alcohol
hair dryer

Steps:


  1. In order to apply paints to silk, the silk must be raised off the surface. If not, the silk paint will pool. Make or buy a frame to raise the silk off the surface, and attach the silk to this frame.

  2. Brush on the first color of silk paint to the outside of the fabric. This paint will bleed and spread.
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Figure A
  • Let the first color dry. Apply the second color, letting the edge of the second color bleed against the first dry color (figure A). Then let this application dry.
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    Figure B
  • Use a paint brush to dab rubbing alcohol onto the silk paints creating different effects with different brush strokes. You can swirl, stripe or simply drop the alcohol (figure B). Take your time. The effects of the alcohol may take a few seconds to appear.
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    Figure C
  • Use a hair dryer to dry and fix the design. Once dry, repeat step 4 for even more daring designs (figure C).

  • Use the finished fabric for pillows or any desired project.
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