Painting on Fabric with Betty Busby

   

         The week before Easter I attended a Betty Busby workshop in Carpenteria. It was incredibly fun and inspirational. I learned lots of  new techniques and methods to add to ones previously learned. Betty was a very giving teacher who kept us moving from one creative activity to the next. I brought home lots of fabrics to finish and some ready to be made into art quilts. Unfortunately I also came home sick due to some bad tuna I had the night before we left. I'm finally feeling ok again. Sorry the picture is a little blurry.

   We made some sun prints. We painted the fabric and while it was still wet, we put flat objects and stencils as mask on the fabric. Betty let us choose from the many vinyl stencils she has made using her silhouette cutter.

   We put them outside and allowed the moisture to evaporate.  After they were completely dry, we ironed them and worked with paint markers, intense pens, and more paint to bring out the designs. Below are three in various stages. The top one being the most finished one.

I'll show some more next week. Still catching up on lots of project after being gone almost a week.