Marble Dye Fabric

Marbled fabric has a large colorless blotch an air bubble was trapped between the paint and fabric when it was lowered.

Marble dye fabric. The paper looked gorgeous and i was curious to see whether the same technique could be applied to fabric. I was browsing pinterest one day and came across instructions on how to dye paper to create a marbled effect. Marbled fabric has a subtle break in the pattern a hesitation line caused by a lack of fluidity in lowering fabric. Lesson learned from the damp pillowcase.

Accordingly you can only marble dye natural fabrics such as cotton linen wool silk and ramie and also rayon and nylon. Lang tax supplies needed item name instructions. If you re planning on marble dyeing separate designs on something with two sides like i did it might help to place a piece of cardboard or something flat and sturdy in between the fabric while doing the second side so that the dye doesn t bleed through and transfer onto the reverse. Many years ago i was visiting florence italy and stopped into a stationery shop.

You can find it here. The art of marbled fabric the centuries old techniques used to create marbled papers can be used at home to make gorgeous silks cottons and more.