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Does anyone have any experience painting on fabric and the pros and cons of the different kinds of paint? n Thanks, Jan

Jan, if you mean painting for craft projects and not anything highbrow, well, I don't have a lot of experience, but...

In 2005, I made 4th of July t-shirts for my girls. I fused a flag in the center of the shirt with Heat N Bond Lite. I put a line of glitter paint around the edge of the flag to seal it down. Then I painted the year under the flag, and did a bunch of different colored things that look like fireworks exploding all 'round the flag.

My youngest really loves hers, wears it sometimes once a week...it has been machine washed and dried endlessly, smooshed at the bottom of a washbasket or tote bag...and the paint still looks great.

The label says it's Scribbles brand. Comes in a little squeeze bottle. I used the 3D glitter kind, so it came out a bit puffy. It was easy to use and, again, has held up well through several years of wear.

Hope this helps! Happy crafting!

Dharma Trading has supplies and list types of fabric painting under the techniques tab:

http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/1 ... iques.html

Mickey Lawler is a well known fabric artist--I have one of her books. See if your library has it or others that you can use.

http://www.skydyes.com/'>http://www.skydyes.com/

Quilt University has a list of fabric painting classes:

http://www.quiltuniversity.com/catalog. ... atalog.htm

Hope this helps!

Sharon C.