After my initial discovery of the box, I went on my
craft store adventure to get some more supplies. I didn't take a close
look at the contents until I got home from the craft store.
Peering into the box, I found a rainbow of bottles
of…acrylic paint? This is the paint I used in my youth for various craft
projects. I remember making a jewelry box out of popsicle sticks as a mother’s
day gift and painting it with acrylic paint. But why did I have so many? The
answer was in that same box.
Textile medium is a liquid that can be added to acrylic
paint to make it “soft” and usable on fabrics. Mixing the two, based on the
instructions on whatever brand you get, turns acrylic paint into fabric paint.
Instead of being limited by the colors (and price) of fabric paint, textile
medium allows the thrifty crafter to make fabric paint from any color of
acrylic paint they can find!
This is great for those times when one only needs a small
amount of a particular color to use on fabric and does not want to spend too
much money on fabric paint. Simply get a bottle of acrylic paint, which usually
runs for $1 or less, in the color you want, and mix it with textile medium.
Voila! You have custom fabric paint.
The only downside to using textile medium? You MUST remember
to heat set it. The bottle of textile medium I have doesn't look quite
right, so I think I am going to order this one. It has very good reviews on
amazon.
Next time, I might finally try a project!
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