more dorky than crafty, probably
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craftgrrlI guess I don't exactly consider 'painting on a tshirt' to be all that crafty-- maybe if I'd made the shirt myself. :P But I know I've read stuff in here with people asking for advice about what paints to use on fabric, and I was really pleased with the way this paint worked out, so I figured I may as well share.
I wanted a specific design (the 1961-1993 Detroit Tigers logo) on a specific kind of shirt. I was having trouble finding exactly what I wanted so, hey! I figured I'd be cheap and make it myself.
The whole thing was free-handed, which in retrospect was a bad idea. The tiger logo took way too long, and the lettering did not come out anything like perfect. If I was doing this all over again I would probably try to make stencils.
The paint that I used was Jacquard Textile Color, which I got at AC Moore. I've had some serious fail from fabric paints before, but I was really pleased with this stuff. It went on more or less like regular paint, it lies really nicely on the fabric, and so far it's held up to moderate wear/abuse. I'll see how it handles a 100 degree baseball game in the sun in a few weeks. ;)
So far there hasn't been any cracking and the design moves as the fabric does.
Moderate success!
So that this is a little bit ACTUALLY crafty, have an Anomalocaris that I made out of some absurdly unforgiving vinyl.
100% hand-sewn (can you tell? ha ha, ugh) with love and evolutionary biology!
His underside has a wave to it. That's how he moves through the water!
Tail!
Mmmm, mouth.
He's not precisely accurate, but there's plenty of debate over the fossils anyways. ;)
I wanted a specific design (the 1961-1993 Detroit Tigers logo) on a specific kind of shirt. I was having trouble finding exactly what I wanted so, hey! I figured I'd be cheap and make it myself.
The whole thing was free-handed, which in retrospect was a bad idea. The tiger logo took way too long, and the lettering did not come out anything like perfect. If I was doing this all over again I would probably try to make stencils.
The paint that I used was Jacquard Textile Color, which I got at AC Moore. I've had some serious fail from fabric paints before, but I was really pleased with this stuff. It went on more or less like regular paint, it lies really nicely on the fabric, and so far it's held up to moderate wear/abuse. I'll see how it handles a 100 degree baseball game in the sun in a few weeks. ;)
So far there hasn't been any cracking and the design moves as the fabric does.
Moderate success!
So that this is a little bit ACTUALLY crafty, have an Anomalocaris that I made out of some absurdly unforgiving vinyl.
100% hand-sewn (can you tell? ha ha, ugh) with love and evolutionary biology!
His underside has a wave to it. That's how he moves through the water!
Tail!
Mmmm, mouth.
He's not precisely accurate, but there's plenty of debate over the fossils anyways. ;)
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