Printing and Painting Fabric

Shopping list:

• Knit fabric (4 pieces)
• Speedball Silk Screening Kit
• Screen Printing Ink (If you want colors not included in the kit)
• Setacolor transparent fabric paints
• Flat Brushes

Let's get started!

Can't find the perfect fabric for a project? You can make your own!

The basic jumpsuit consisted of 4 pieces of gray knit:

First, I silk screened several different layers of a butterfly print......

....in dark gray, turquoise and bright yellow

Using Setacolor transparent fabric paints....

.....I mixed a diluted hot pink color:

I used a large paint brush to paint areas of the fabric to add dimension:

After the fabric was dry I heat set the entire outfit using an iron to make it permanent:

The inspiration for this outfit was Alexander McQueen.:

But the print and style had to be something more childish and less botanical....whimsical and fun....comfortable and easily washed (Lil Blue Boo criteria!):