Eureka!

My curiosity was piqued by something Sandy wrote about recently: using washable school glue for resist dyeing fabric. My brother tossed me a small bottle of this stuff* after much pestering, and so I tried it out on a little scrap of fabric. Lo and behold, it works! My little trial piece amounts to a few random squiggles and is pretty amateurish (I am no dye expert!), but this definitely has possibilities. Thanks Sandy! I found an interesting article on Japanese dyeing techniques here by the way, and you can find some free Japanese Yuzen dye patterns like this flower here.

* woohoo, he can get us more Sandy!

Comments

[sandy]

man, man , man you started it before me bum.... ok that will just make me move my arse!!!
It looks great, I think I will be hooked ... so you just put it on, let it dry and then dyed the fabric then washed it out?
He can get more you say!! hmmm
tons of possibilities here. thanks for sharing that.

Sandy

[mrspilkington]

very cool. thanks for posting it, i'm going to give it a try!

[Sonji Hunt]

Thanks for posting a picture that the method works so well. You really got nice definition in your mark making. Once I get my dyes, I will have to start faux batiking.