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For this project, I went for free-style silk painting. There’s another method where you use a resist called gutta to draw your design lines in. After it dries you can then fill the space inside the lines, (Much like creating a colouring book, just on silk!) and the dye will not bleed outside them. It's a handy little tool if you want a more structured piece. I will demonstrate this very soon, as there is one more piece for my Terra costume that requires this! (ノ^∇^)

For this you will need:
Your dyed silk.
Latex gloves.
Nylon bristle paint brushes. (Smaller round)
Jacquard Green Label dyes. (Can buy them at Blick, or Dharma Trading Supplies)
An iron.
1 quart plastic container.
Small containers for mixing your silk dyes in.
Freezer paper!
Small dropper.
…and patience! xD
STEP 1: Gather all of your supplies!
Lay down some plastic, and ready your supplies.

STEP 2: Measure out the correct length of freezer paper!
Pretty self explanatory, hehe.

STEP 3: Cut your correct freezer paper length, and start ironing!

Leave at least three inches of space all around your silk project. With your silk underneath the freezer paper, and the shiny side of the freezer paper down, iron your silk on a low setting (no steam) by pressing areas and releasing slowly. The silk will adhere to the freezer paper ever so slightly, keeping it stable for painting.

NOTE: You can re-position your silk several times on the freezer paper~

STEP 4: IT’S WORKING! THUMBS UP~
STEP 5: IT’S ALL IRONED ON~
STEP 6: Let’s prep your dyes!

In your small containers, fill them half full of water.

STEP 7: Start dropping your dyes!
Put a glove on, and start dropping your dyes into your containers. You can test their color strengths by dropping them on some dry silk scraps. (They will still dry a little lighter than they look when wet)

STEP 8: You’re ready to start free-style paint!

You may want to start out by practicing your designs on scraps before you lay it in on your final piece.

STEP 9: Testing out your dyes!
To make darker, just drop in some more dye with your dropper.
STEP 10: Flower sample!

This is how I usually start a flower. I will drop some dye carefully, and with a gloved hand and a wad of paper towel, I will “blot” the dye directly after each drop. This keeps it from bleeding out too far, and from producing a feathered edge. Of course if you want it to spread out more, give it a couple extra seconds, then blot. Of course once the dye dries, you can go over it again with another colour, the same one, or draw in more details. Just remember to blot if your intention is to have a slight crisper design. ;3

STEP 11: All of my design is blocked in!

STEP 12: Let’s set this sucker!
Using Jacquard label permanent dyeset, I will prepare a bath for my silk piece. Go ahead and peel off your silk from the freezer paper, and discard the paper. The formula for this dyeset is as follows:

1 quart of cool water, 3 tablespoons of dyeset liquid.

You’ll want to submerse and gently agitate a few times for at least 5-7 minutes. Don’t be alarmed if some of the color comes off, unfortunately with liquid dyesets, this will always happen. In my case, I wanted some of the design to fade, so I am using this method to my advantage.

STEP 13: Rinse well in container of cool water, wring out gently, and set aside to dry.
In the same container (dump out the previous solution) rinse out your silk project. You will notice that after a while the water will be clear — this now means that all of the dyes are set permanently, and can be hand washed or dry cleaned.

Hang it up to dry, and press with iron on low!

*******CONGRATS, NOW YOU CAN SILK PAINT LIKE A BOSS!*******

Comment and let me know if these are helpful or not, or if have specific questions. Thanks again for your time, and I hope this will prove helpful for those who want to silk paint!
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Description
For this project, I went for free-style silk painting. There’s another method where you use a resist called gutta to draw your design lines in. After it dries you can then fill the space inside the lines, (Much like creating a colouring book, just on silk!) and the dye will not bleed outside them. It's a handy little tool if you want a more structured piece. I will demonstrate this very soon, as there is one more piece for my Terra costume that requires this! (ノ^∇^)

For this you will need:
Your dyed silk.
Latex gloves.
Nylon bristle paint brushes. (Smaller round)
Jacquard Green Label dyes. (Can buy them at Blick, or Dharma Trading Supplies)
An iron.
1 quart plastic container.
Small containers for mixing your silk dyes in.
Freezer paper!
Small dropper.
…and patience! xD
STEP 1: Gather all of your supplies!
Lay down some plastic, and ready your supplies.

STEP 2: Measure out the correct length of freezer paper!
Pretty self explanatory, hehe.

STEP 3: Cut your correct freezer paper length, and start ironing!

Leave at least three inches of space all around your silk project. With your silk underneath the freezer paper, and the shiny side of the freezer paper down, iron your silk on a low setting (no steam) by pressing areas and releasing slowly. The silk will adhere to the freezer paper ever so slightly, keeping it stable for painting.

NOTE: You can re-position your silk several times on the freezer paper~

STEP 4: IT’S WORKING! THUMBS UP~
STEP 5: IT’S ALL IRONED ON~
STEP 6: Let’s prep your dyes!

In your small containers, fill them half full of water.

STEP 7: Start dropping your dyes!
Put a glove on, and start dropping your dyes into your containers. You can test their color strengths by dropping them on some dry silk scraps. (They will still dry a little lighter than they look when wet)

STEP 8: You’re ready to start free-style paint!

You may want to start out by practicing your designs on scraps before you lay it in on your final piece.

STEP 9: Testing out your dyes!
To make darker, just drop in some more dye with your dropper.
STEP 10: Flower sample!

This is how I usually start a flower. I will drop some dye carefully, and with a gloved hand and a wad of paper towel, I will “blot” the dye directly after each drop. This keeps it from bleeding out too far, and from producing a feathered edge. Of course if you want it to spread out more, give it a couple extra seconds, then blot. Of course once the dye dries, you can go over it again with another colour, the same one, or draw in more details. Just remember to blot if your intention is to have a slight crisper design. ;3

STEP 11: All of my design is blocked in!

STEP 12: Let’s set this sucker!
Using Jacquard label permanent dyeset, I will prepare a bath for my silk piece. Go ahead and peel off your silk from the freezer paper, and discard the paper. The formula for this dyeset is as follows:

1 quart of cool water, 3 tablespoons of dyeset liquid.

You’ll want to submerse and gently agitate a few times for at least 5-7 minutes. Don’t be alarmed if some of the color comes off, unfortunately with liquid dyesets, this will always happen. In my case, I wanted some of the design to fade, so I am using this method to my advantage.

STEP 13: Rinse well in container of cool water, wring out gently, and set aside to dry.
In the same container (dump out the previous solution) rinse out your silk project. You will notice that after a while the water will be clear — this now means that all of the dyes are set permanently, and can be hand washed or dry cleaned.

Hang it up to dry, and press with iron on low!

*******CONGRATS, NOW YOU CAN SILK PAINT LIKE A BOSS!*******

Comment and let me know if these are helpful or not, or if have specific questions. Thanks again for your time, and I hope this will prove helpful for those who want to silk paint!
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