Over Painting Dyed Fabrics

The thing about using fabric dyes is that they’re translucent. They give beautiful results, but it’s impossible to add light colors at the end. For that paint is needed. So, I decided to use some  fabric paint and see if I could improve a couple of dyed fabrics.

This was my starting point:

I decided to paint on blue and blue-green ovals.

I think it helped. This will be a very usable fabric.

Next, this red/pink fabric.

I thought it needed some white, so I held my breath and stamped some on. It was a little heavier than I would have liked, but I still thought it was viable.

The finished fabric:

Yes! I like it a lot and I can’t wait to use it!

Each of these are 45″ long on the longest side.

Ellen Lindner
P.S. I use translucent ProFab fabric paint . (This paint is more translucent than opaque paint, but more opaque than dyes.)