There's this green knit top I really like, casual yet correct, but it's had a hard life recently. Some bleach got on one cuff, leaving a white blob. Then, apparently, something greasy rolled down the front. I have no memory of these events. But the results show; even after many washings and treatments, this top was getting too far gone to wear in public.
So I painted it. The last time I did a big painted-fabric product was to put flamingoes on bed sheets for a grade-schooler who is now soon to celebrate her first wedding anniversary. But I had all the stuff: a taken-apart
Dover farm-animal stencil book, brushes, and tubes of
Liquitex Basic acrylic paint from
Playtime. I chose the goats.
This photo is really out of focus but gives you the idea. Just tape and paint; I do the edges first in an up-and-down motion, holding down the stencil edge if needed, and they come up fairly crisp. Liquitex is a good thickness for this.
Of course, not everything that needed covering was goat-shaped, so I added foliage and clouds.
Then I realized I had painted the Three Billy Goats Gruff, so on the cuff I added a troll.
The troll's features are done with a fabric-paint pen and a Sharpie laundry marker (courtesy of the US Army). The troll's hair is black on the sleeve really, the color remained the same, contrary to this photo, but the texture did change. It bled some on the cloth; made it look more hairy.
I wash painted acrylic fabric in the machine with detergent and vinegar. We'll see how it holds up. Might paint a bridge if needed.
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