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How to Improve Your Fabric Painting with Fabric Medium and Gel Medium

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Maybe you’ve been intrigued by the idea of painting on fabric. Maybe you’ve even tried your hand at painting a quilt, a t-shirt, a pair of shoes, or a silk scarf. But you may not have heard of the incredibly handy helpers for fabric painting called acrylic mediums. Here’s an introduction to acrylic mediums and how you can use them to enhance your fabric painting.

We recommend two different types of acrylic mediums for anyone getting started with fabric painting: fabric (Continue Reading...)

Painting on Fabric with Acrylic Inks – An Overview

Fabric ink painting of a stormy sunset, based on techniques from Mickey Lawler

When I first learned to quilt, I never imagined that quilting would involve putting on my apron and picking up a paint brush. But that’s all changed since I’ve joined the ever-growing group of quilters who are painting on fabric. It’s a whole new way to play with the colors we quilters love so much (and a whole new kind of mess in the sewing room!)

One thing I’ve discovered is that acrylic fabric paints aren’t the only way to make a (Continue Reading...)

Painting on Fabric for Quilters

Butterfly fabric altered with an all-over wash and "coloring inside the lines"

You’re a quilter, not a painter or textile artist. What can someone like you do with fabric paints? Actually, you might be surprised by all the ways a touch of paint can enhance a quilt.

Have you ever made a quilt top that includes one fabric that just doesn’t look right? Instead of hating the top forever or spending hours ripping out seams, you can alter the color of the problem fabric with a little paint and turn a disaster into a quilt you can (Continue Reading...)

Painting on Fabric – An Overview

"Autumn Field" by Lesley Riley, from the book, Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur

Anyone who has been to a quilt show or picked up a quilting magazine recently has seen some of the gorgeous effects fabric artists are creating these days with fabric paint. Who wouldn’t be proud to make something like this?

Or this?

Even if you’re more of a plain Jane quilter (like me), you can still use fabric paints to add color, texture, and excitement to your quilts. It doesn’t take years of art training or a lot of expensive (Continue Reading...)

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