Marbling Fabric Dress

Be careful not to over mix or else you ll lose the marbling effect.

Marbling fabric dress. The floating paints are swirled into patterns. Place your fabric right side down onto the shaving foam and use your hand to smooth out the fabric so that its all touching the shaving foam. Dresses tops tees skirts. Well you re in luck because here they come.

Then you capture your design by laying a treated piece of fabric or paper down on top of the paint to transfer the swirls to the fabric. You ll be able to see the pattern transferring onto the fabric from the back if your fabric isn t too thick. Dec 26 2019 explore yeggg s board marbling and fashion on pinterest. Mix 3 tablespoons alum per 1 quart of hot water.

There are 2197 marbled fabric for sale on etsy and they cost 4 84 on average. Directions for fabric marbling. See more ideas about fashion marbling fabric ebru art. The trick to adhering the paint to fabric is presoaking the fabric in alum.

I used 2 different combs to create this pattern. Fabric marbling is the art of floating paints on top of a thick solution called size manipulating the paints into patterns then transferring the pattern to an object by gently placing the object on top of the solution marbling lets you make your one of a kind quilting or other fabric item. The most popular color. 4 5 out of 5 stars.

You can do this the night before. Here i used a stick to gently move the paint drops around the tub to create patterns. Whether you are a fastidious craftsperson or relish. Get the fabric supplies you need at onlinefabricstore.

Textile artist natalie stopka who creates marbled works and teaches workshops on large scale fabric marbling says marbling is a very expressive art. Marbling is the process of floating fabric paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water. The most common marbled fabric material is cotton. Each print is the culmination of a tiny performance in which the artist interacts with a fluid medium revealing their temperament.

Our workshop was wonderful. Let the alum dissolve then soak the fabric for 20 minutes. Gray marble fabric grey marble watercolor marbled stone texture by rebecca reck art marble cotton fabric by the yard with spoonflower spoonflower.