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Old August 10th 08, 09:07 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
LindaA
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This is my first post to this newsgroup and I'm hoping someone can give
me some advice.

At one time I used to do a fair amount of crewel and embroidery, but my
eyesight has diminished significantly over the last few years due to a
serious eye problem called retinal degeneration. I can still do some
embroidery but with a fair amount of difficulty and strain on my eyes,
however, I feel my embroidering days are really a thing of the past.

I have several sets of lovely stamped pillowcases and I'm thinking of
finishing them, but with ballpoint tube paints that are used for
fabrics. I've seen on the Mary Maxim website that there is a wide
variety of colours made by Aunt Martha. I think that it would be much
faster and easier for me just to paint over all the cross-stitches
instead of embroidering them.

Has anyone had any experience with painting on fabric? Any ideas,
suggestions, recommendations that you can pass on to me. I'm thinking
of ordering these Aunt Martha paints, but would like some feedback from
anyone who has tried this before I do place an order, as the paints are
on the expensive side. Thank you in advance for your help.

Linda
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
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Old August 10th 08, 10:12 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Dianne Lewandowski
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Default Query using ballpoint tube paints

Welcome to the newsgroup. I wish I could be more helpful. Losing your
eyesight can be extremely devastating and my heart goes out to you. I
watched my one grandmother who was very talented in needlework and china
painting go through this.

My other grandmother in her later life, who didn't have many skills,
embroidered with paints on stamped pillow cases. They were not stiff.
But that was 30 years ago.

Mary Maxim is a reputable dealer. If you're really concerned, purchase
one tube, paint on a scrap of fabric, wash it, dry it, and see what you
think. My grandmother's pillow cases were never stiff, and I'm sure
they wouldn't be with modern paints.

Dianne



LindaA wrote:
This is my first post to this newsgroup and I'm hoping someone can give
me some advice.

At one time I used to do a fair amount of crewel and embroidery, but my
eyesight has diminished significantly over the last few years due to a
serious eye problem called retinal degeneration. I can still do some
embroidery but with a fair amount of difficulty and strain on my eyes,
however, I feel my embroidering days are really a thing of the past.

I have several sets of lovely stamped pillowcases and I'm thinking of
finishing them, but with ballpoint tube paints that are used for
fabrics. I've seen on the Mary Maxim website that there is a wide
variety of colours made by Aunt Martha. I think that it would be much
faster and easier for me just to paint over all the cross-stitches
instead of embroidering them.

Has anyone had any experience with painting on fabric? Any ideas,
suggestions, recommendations that you can pass on to me. I'm thinking
of ordering these Aunt Martha paints, but would like some feedback from
anyone who has tried this before I do place an order, as the paints are
on the expensive side. Thank you in advance for your help.

Linda
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA



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Old August 10th 08, 10:25 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Karen C in California
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LindaA wrote:

Has anyone had any experience with painting on fabric?




Back in the 60s/70s when the ballpoint paint tubes first came out. Your
idea will work BUT be sure to put something inside the pillowcase before
you start. At least in the olden days, the paint would seep through
into the second layer of fabric. Don't know if that's been improved in
the newer version.

ISTR that you had to heat-set the paint with an iron before washing.
Check the manufacturer's website.

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Old August 10th 08, 11:28 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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On 8/10/08 4:07 PM, "LindaA" wrote:

This is my first post to this newsgroup and I'm hoping someone can give
me some advice.


Welcome to the group!
*snip*
Has anyone had any experience with painting on fabric? Any ideas,
suggestions, recommendations that you can pass on to me. I'm thinking
of ordering these Aunt Martha paints, but would like some feedback from
anyone who has tried this before I do place an order, as the paints are
on the expensive side. Thank you in advance for your help.

Linda
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA


I've done a fair amount of painting on fabric - for custom jobs - t-shirts,
pillowcases, etc. There are several brands of acrylic paint made for
painting on fabric. Most are in squeeze 1 oz bottles, the paint flows
through a hole in the tip. There are also the ball-point types. And
squeeze tubes. These paints aren't very expensive, IME, you can find them
on sale for well under $1 US a bottle - usually around .70 at any Michaels
or AC Moore. If you're really interested in doing this - you can also buy
regular tube or gel weight artist acrylic paint that can be mixed with a
fabric medium, and then painted on with a brush. That is definitely more
expensive per paint, but if you know how to mix colors, works out.

Any of these paints that are meant for fabric, or with the medium added,
will be flexible and should handle being laundered. With your eyesight
bothering you, it might be easiest to use the squeeze bottles, and perhaps
some of the tube types for finer lines. Regardless, they all have some
instructions. The craft shops sell a kind of waxed cardboard insert to put
under the layer you're painting. That's key - you definitely will want to
put a piece of cardboard, with some absorbent white paper towel, or spare
teas towel behind the surface being painted. IME, this has to stay while
the paint dries at least most of the way, and then can be removed.

I think you've got a good idea. Just when you buy some paints, do practice
on some scrap before doing your real project. You have to work a little to
feel the control for flow and thickness of the paint.

Enjoy,
Ellice

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Old August 11th 08, 01:31 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Default Query using ballpoint tube paints

LindaA wrote:
This is my first post to this newsgroup and I'm hoping someone can give
me some advice.

At one time I used to do a fair amount of crewel and embroidery, but my
eyesight has diminished significantly over the last few years due to a
serious eye problem called retinal degeneration. I can still do some
embroidery but with a fair amount of difficulty and strain on my eyes,
however, I feel my embroidering days are really a thing of the past.

I have several sets of lovely stamped pillowcases and I'm thinking of
finishing them, but with ballpoint tube paints that are used for
fabrics. I've seen on the Mary Maxim website that there is a wide
variety of colours made by Aunt Martha. I think that it would be much
faster and easier for me just to paint over all the cross-stitches
instead of embroidering them.

Has anyone had any experience with painting on fabric? Any ideas,
suggestions, recommendations that you can pass on to me. I'm thinking
of ordering these Aunt Martha paints, but would like some feedback from
anyone who has tried this before I do place an order, as the paints are
on the expensive side. Thank you in advance for your help.

Linda
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA


My mother used to do this back in the 1970's - and it is stiff when
first completed. The stuff she used was a specific brand called Artex.
You could buy a complete set of them, and they came with a hoop that
had a solid back (that way, you didn't have to worry about bleed-through
onto the other side of the pillowcase, or whatever). There were a lot
of dish-towels that were Artexed in our house. I think my Aunt and
Grandmother did them, as well, and I remember doing some myself.

The bad thing is, as with all fabric paints, is that over time, it
"fades" or washes off. She may actually have some remnants (mother grew
up during WWII, nothing was wasted in her time, so if a portion of a
dish towel became threadbare, that portion was removed, and other things
were made from the good parts, like (heavy-duty, the kind used when you
have a bad cold) hankies, or maybe a dish-rag) of some of the dish
towels left, and you can barely see the pints any more.

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