White Fabric and Water Color Paint Makes A House Beautiful

MATERIALS:

• Watercolor Paints (much better than your kids Crayola watercolor paints. The pigment is so strong and a little goes a long way.)
• Fabric Medium (This stuff makes it so you can use any kind of paint for fabric)
• 2 Small cups or containers for water.
• 2 Paint brushes
• Garbage bags to cover your surface
• Plain white pillow covers.

DIRECTIONS:

• Fill your 2 cups with water, half way.  In one cup, add water to rinse/wet your brush.
• In the other, you will add some of the fabric medium to the water. About 1/8 cup of fabric medium to a 1/4 cup of water.
• Keep your brushes separate.  One for painting, one for painting over your design with the fabric medium and water mix.
• With your brush nice and wet in the plain water, wet your watercolor paints.  You should have plenty of pigment on your brush
• The less watered down your paint is, the stronger the color. The wetter the paint is, the lighter the color and the more it will spread.
• Once you have painted your fabric as desired, use the water with the paint medium added to it and paint over the entire surface.  The colors will blend together nicely when you do this.
• At this point, your fabric is very wet. You need to heat set this paint to the fabric.  You can throw them in the dryer on high heat until they are dry. You could also let them air dry and then press it with a hot iron. You could also do both.

It is best to read your instructions for the paint medium you are using, but you should be able to wash and dry the fabric at this point with no color loss visible.

Click through to get two painting techniques to ensure your pillows come out perfect!

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