Hand-Painted Tapestries!

Hello!

Today… is ART DAY!

While shopping yesterday I found a really cool little tapestry and had to bring it home with me. After looking at it a bit I realized I could make them too… I can paint them with fabric paint!

My weapon of choice today is DecoArt SoSoft Fabric Paint.

First I grabbed a little piece of linen and tye-dyed it!

I let it sit outside in the sun for awhile to dry…

Once dry, I brought the linen inside and dried it just a bit more with the hair dryer. (Hoping that’s enough to “heat set” the dyes”)

I grabbed some Fabric paint and an Americana Mandala stencil.

Using black SoSoft fabric paint and a paper towel, I used the stencil to create the design on the fabric. A lot of times I don’t use the entire stencil in a piece. I think it makes it a bit more interesting to use just a portion… like so:

I finished off with a bit more stenciling, painting and added a “Relax” in the corner. I found that the fabric paint works really well with stencils on the fabric, and it’s very meditative and relaxing to paint as well.

Plus the colors make my soul sing!