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Four Seasons Fall |
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The
fabric was stamped using the designs for "Fall"
that come in two sizes. I mixed pearl and bronze textile
ink to achieve a tone-on-tone look. I chose inks for their
translucent quality and applied it with a blank
pad to keep the image soft. If you look in the bottom corner of the fabric you can see where I tested the color by just dipping my finger in the medium and making a dot. This is in the selvage and will be cut off. |
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| The fabric being stamped. The large and small "Fall" stamps are used together in a repeating, yet offset pattern. |  |
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The overskirt was too "blah" and needed some added interest. After masking off the stamped images, I created a textured stripe with a foam brayer that has been "altered". To make the nifty brayer, I simply slid the foam tube off the roller, cut it in to rings, and slid some of the pieces back on. Cutting the foam with scissors gave me some interesting and uneven rings! |
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| The fabric after the mask was peeled away. I cut my mask slightly large than the image so I was sure to get a "border" around it. This makes the image stand out more, especially using all the same color. |  |
| Detail of the lower skirt. The picture is taken from a 3/4 angle so you can see the button placket. I used Mojave Stone buttons. The perfect color and they even have a stripe effect! |  |
| While texturing the contrast skirt, I decided to do the neck binding too. I think it carries the theme through nicely. |  |