French Watercolor

Painting on fabric – very basic questions?

I want to paint a rose on a thin synthetic fabric (transparent chifonne). I want it to look like watercolor. It would be a part of my dance costume, so it only needs to look good from far away, it doesn’t need to be a great masterpiece. I found this website http://www.dharmatrading.com that seems to have everything I possibly need. But the question is, what do I need? I think I need a dye not a paint. Am I correct? What is French dye? What is Jacquard Silk Dye? Maybe I should use something completely different? What resist should I use? If you have an answer to any of those questions I’d really appreciate it.
I have a lot of spare fabric pieces to experiment with.

First off, if your fabric is synthetic, like you say…dye isn’t going to work. If the dye can’t soak into the fiber, it won’t stay. Pretty much, unless your synthetic is rayon…you’ll perhaps want to think about paint.

Acrylics should work if you water them down and they should act like a watercolor. Wherever you purchase your acrylic paint, you should be able to find what’s called “textile medium.” I can’t remember if it’s Delta, Applebarrel or Folkart that makes it, but it costs about $1. What it does is it will prevent your paint from cracking.

I would also recomment finding some way to keep the fabric, not stretched, but taut. Either seriously weighted down all around or push-pinned at relatively close intervals with white paper or waxed paper underneath.

Good luck

To answer some of your other questions:
The Jacquard Silk Dyes work beautifully and if you want a watercolor effect, it is pretty much exactly what you want…but it’s designed for silk. Resists are best if you’re doing a complete dye and want a specific area or design to remain the original color of the fabric. Resists are also good if you want to contain a design within an area, but are really only necessary if you’re painting with a really watered down dye.

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