New member with a fabric paint issue!
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Essex, UK
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I made the sign almost a month ago I think, so it should have had time to cure I reckon. I'm now wondering if the problem could have been when I washed it after the first two coats I used a 2 in 1 washing capsule so it would have had fabric softener in it. Anyone think that could affect it? If so, anything I do to it now won't work because I've just used the same capsules to wash the whole quilt...Eep! Maybe I need to invest in some washing powder without softener already added?
#14
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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The host of Quilting Arts, a show on PBS (nickname is Pokey) might have the information on the use of paints in a quilt that you are seeking. Check out her website: quiltingarts.com. Good Luck !!
#17
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Mechanicsville, IA
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Welcome to the board. Could you use plain white Kona fabric and machine appliqué over what you have already tried! Trace over the letters with wonder under a fusible fabric product. It on it onto the back of the Kona and use invisible thread to zig zag it down. Be sure to think in reverse when tracing letters!
#18
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So I repainted it yesterday and heat set it last night, I spent a good 15-20 minutes trying to heat set it so that I could be sure I'd got all of it! It's in the washing machine now, I'm really nervous! I went for the handwash mode this time thinking it would be gentler and the fabric paint would be able to cope a bit better! Keeping my fingers crossed!
#20
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I am thinking that probably, the first time, you actually had too many layers of paint. Paint needs to soak into the cloth fibers and by putting so many layers, you were bonding it to another layer of paint which had no fibers to hold the paint. JMHO
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