I couldn't wait to start a new project once I saw a painted table runner in Cloth Paper Scissors. What was utterly amazing was the amount of fabric that I've collected (hoarded) over the years. I rediscovered what I had while looking for a plain piece of white cotton that I could use to do a water colour painting. If it turns out, maybe I'll mount it to a canvas to sit on the fireplace mantle.
Figure 1: pattern
Trace the pattern with a permanent black marker onto white cotton. Lay the cotton on a plastic covered surface and spray the fabric with water. With watercolours and paintbrush, start with the lightest colour first working your way up in colour depth (Fig. 2). I started with yellow, then pink, blue, green, purple (Fig. 3). This first staining of the fabric is done with very watered down paints. This is a lighter, transparent layer so less paint is better.
Figure 2:
Figure 3:
I'm not a patient person when I have to leave things to dry before I can go on to the next step... let the fabric dry on a rack. The second layer of highlights and shadows is painted onto the dry fabric to make any lighter areas darker and less muted. Then add a darker background colour, which will seep and create brilliant shadows (so they say). So for now, goodnight!
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This is my first "manly" layout I have attempted of my husband laying wood flooring in our Family Room. I have used several Dusty Attic chip board pieces here: Door #1 DA0692 which I inked with various different Tim Holz Distress Inks to achieve an old worn out look; small locks and keys DA0679; Door Handle Plates DA0681. I also used the Brick Wall Panel DA0316 as a mask using homemade dimensional paste and the brick pieces inked with Tim Holz's Aged Mahogany. The clock is from Scrap FX and is merely inked with Tim Holz's Weathered Wood.
I tried masking using a piece of crocheted doily (I bought several at the second hand store to cut up and use on layouts). I probably would have been more successful if I had used an opaque ink spray. This first attempt was successful, but it is subtle and doesn't show up well in a photograph. I used Perfect Pearls Mists which creates a pearlescent shimmer. The colour is called "interference red" but it looks more like a soft pink.
This is Kirstin in one of her Fairy Princess Costumes:
There is another Fairy Princess Costume:
Larry has been renovating our family room. He tore out the carpet and laid hardwood floor. New baseboards are going back on now. We are waiting for the library wall shelving unit and mantle to be installed. They are being built off site right now. We're hoping they will come soon because we would like that done before the new recliner sectional arrives... that could be in one to two weeks.
