id you know you can turn acrylic paint into a permanent, washable medium for decorating cloth with the addition of one magical ingredient called Textile Medium. You can find it near the acrylic paint in any craft/art store. I sometimes dilute the paint/textile medium mixture with a little more water than I would for a painting on canvas, to get it to soak into the fabric like a nice watercolor wash. Follow the directions listed on the container of Textile Medium to mix it and then heat-set it. I also used permanent Sharpies on these onesies I decorated today for an expecting friend.
The Intention of this Blog
is to share my adventure of repurposing my family farm into art space and re-rooting myself in an 'old fashioned' way of life with my folks, the original Do-It-Yourselfers. It is a platform for me to share with others the things that I learn as I apprentice myself to my parents and grandparents.
"You cannot express, whatever your walk in life, unless you have a system of expression; and you cannot have a system of expression unless you have a prior system of cognate thinking and feeling; and you cannot have a system of thinking and feeling unless you have had a basic system of living." -Louis Sullivan "The Kindergarten Chats: The Art of Expression: 1"
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