SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Sheer woven fabric (organza, voile)
- Embroidery hoop
- Pinking shears, optional
- Pencil
- Mod Podge
- Application brush
- Tote bag (or another item)
- Fabric paint
- Small squeegee or old credit card, thick cardstock, etc.
- Foam paintbrush
- Cup of water
- Paper towels
DIRECTIONS:
- Cut fabric a little larger than the embroidery hoop. If not cutting with pinking shears, seal edges with Mod Podge during later Mod Podge application stage to prevent fraying. Stretch fabric in embroidery hoop, and trim excess edges._x000B_Trace design onto center of fabric.
- Use brush to apply Mod Podge over negative space - all of the areas where you do not want fabric paint to go. Allow to dry completely.
- Once the fabric is dry, you are ready to print. Prepare your tote bag or other item so that it is lying as flat as possible, and your squeegee, paintbrush, water cup and paper towels so they are are close at hand. Line up the image on your embroidery hoop with where you want the print to go. Squirt a moderate amount of fabric paint onto the sealed section at the top of the fabric, and use the foam brush to dab onto the image. Scrape squeegee across the painted image surface, this helps push the paint through the screen. Be careful not to push big globs of paint through the screen, excess paint will bleed out past the image edge. When you pull up your screen, check to see if any paint has bled past the edge of the image or gotten anywhere else on the bottom of the screen, because when you go to make your next print whatever paint is on the bottom of the screen will transfer. Clean any unwanted paint on the bottom of the screen with a paper towel dabbed in water, and dry it off with another paper towel. Continue to repeat your print as many times as desired. Fill in any areas where paint didn't go through the screen by painting in with a brush. Allow to dry.
- If desired, you can add another layer of the same image over top in another color. Repeat the same steps as before. Allow to dry.
JOANN HACKS:
- If you are printing on a T-shirt or other thin fabric, place a piece of cardboard behind the print area to guard against any bleed through paint.