How did it get to be Sunday night already?? I am behind on posting but I spent some time playing in the art room, quality time in the garden and even some button sorting and little new junk this week. I will start catching up with this Dye-Na-Flow project. It was a fun experiment that turned in to a hot mess!
This is what I started with. I got this jacket many months ago at The Bins. It is too big for me but I still kept it, thinking I could do SOMETHING with it.
It is 100% Rayon so I knew it wouldn't hold up to putting it into a hot pot of Rit for the background color. I mixed Dye-Na-Flow with water in a spray bottle, hung the jacket from our apple tree and misted it until I got the "sky" look I was going for. What, everybody doesn't hand their clothes in a tree and spray paint them??
Next, I started painting with a paint brush and Dye-Na-Flow straight from the bottle. So far, so good.
The directions I found online said to apply it to damp fabric. This is where things started to go south. I had in mind to follow the designs on the fabric but the paint bled WAY more than I was expecting, completely out of control really. If I had it to do again I would work on dry fabric for more control.
Since it didn't fit me anyway, it was really no loss and a good learning experience. There are parts I really like so I will cut it up to use in fabric collages.
Tomorrow the dirt (excuse me, SOIL) for the raised vegetable garden will be delivered - yippee!
10 comments:
well..chalk that up to a learning experience and at least you did not spend big bucks on the jacket.
"If at first you don't succeed..."
Good for you for trying and showing us that projects don't always go as expected. A learning experience indeed.
Your positive attitude is to be commended Kathy!
Art isn't supposed to come out exactly as planned...right? It's kinda reminds me of tie dye. It is really colorful!
Danielle
Well -- like you said, it was a great learning experience! Thank you for sharing it!
oh no! I am laughing but WITH you as I remember some of my "creations" gone south...I do think it will be wonderful used in other ways. :D
At least you had good intentions:-) I actually like all the colors, so I'm happy to hear you have other plans for it. Yeah, almost planting time.
Looks like you had a great idea. Just keep trying and I love the colors you used!!
I absolutely love the blue color! It would have been pretty if it had turned out. Have fun playing in the dirt!!
Sometimes it is the best to just play around!! Love all the colors!! xo Heather
That is the best way to learn! I think a few of the individual pieces will be beautiful in a collage.
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