I’m back to marbling using the carageenan size and the Pro Marbling Paints. This time I wanted to see how far I could push marbling on fabric, so I marbled on previously over marbled material. The only term I could come up with is triple-marbled fabric. Here are my results. The first picture is the…
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More Marbling: Using Marbo Gum and Pro Marbling Paint
This marbling is really getting interesting and I’m learning so much. This next session I tried using Marbo Gum from PRO Chemical & Dye as the thickener for the size (water bath). It’s so much cheaper, and supposedly lasts much longer than carrageenan, and is easier to deal with. So even though the carrageenan worked…
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I’m back with more marbling, but this time on paper. Unlike fabric which you prep by soaking in alum, for paper the alum water is painted on the paper. Mix up 1 teaspoon of alum in a cup of water and stir for several minutes until the alum is dissolved. Brush it on the paper…
Read MoreMarbling over previously marbled fabric
I’ve really been having fun with this marbling on fabric. I decided to take some of those least loved marbled pieces and marble over them to see if that would improve them. I’ve taken pictures before and then again after overmarbling so I could see the difference. This time I used a different paint –…
Read MoreMarbling over previously dyed fabric
In the past two marbling posts I showed you how to marble, and then three different looks. In this post I’ll show you how the marbling looks over previously dyed fabric. This is a piece of the commercially-dyed fabric that my friend Donna gave me. Now, here it is marbled. Here is another piece where…
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day!
Just a brief post to wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day and show you the card I made for Dave. The card is made with my recently marbled material. The heart is made from toilet paper. Here is an old tutorial on it. The inside picture and text are printed on EQ Printables inkjet…
Read MoreMarbling Fabric: Three Different Looks
When marbling last week I found that I could get different looks by playing with the thickened water bath. To demonstrate this and to equal the playing field, I used three pieces of white muslin. See my original marbling tutorial here. I used the same colors and started with the same pattern as close as…
Read MoreHow to Marble Fabric – A New Obsession
Well, I’m back playing with fabric, but this time it’s marbling. Marbling has never been one of my favorite surface designs until I saw Jo Fitsell demo it on Quilting Arts TV. I taped that show and watched it several times before I purchased her video from Interweave – Marbled Fabric Surface Design Working with…
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