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How to Use Paint on Fabric for Embellishment

By Debbie Colgrove, About.com

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Materials to Paint on Fabric

Materials for Fabric Painting

Materials for Fabric Painting

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com
What you need:
  • Stencils or free hand (Decorative Painting and Art
  • brushes
  • fabric paint, textile paint or acrylic pain and textile medium paint and textile medium)
  • Cardboard, waxed paper +/or parchment paper (paper saved from fusible interfacing and webbing also works)
  • paper towels
  • cleaning products called for by your paint product
  • masking tape
  • Fabric to paint -- a tote bag, tee shirt etc.

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