In my last post I showed you the fabrics I had printed. I also dyed two other pieces of calico.
I dyed this piece to use for a different non-text related piece of work - a companion piece to my river hanging.
I used the same colours on another piece of fabric. I wrote on it first with masking fluid - the sort used by watercolour painters. This will be another piece in my series based on chains. I used my pantoum poem: Dancing in Fetters
Unfortunately the masking fluid doesn't peel off fabric like it does off paper but that's okay. However the second problem was that the lettering doesn't show up with the ochre dye as it's too pale. You can see it if the fabric is held up to the light but the hanging is going to have wadding and a back.
I drew round the letters with an Inktense pencil so that once the wadding and back is on I can see where to stitch.
Next job is to start on this piece of work and use the fabrics from my previous post. I have two more days of Summer School this week in which to get going.
Thanks for being here today
Bernice
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