amazonmandy: TUTORIAL: PLAID/GINGHAM! Ever since I posted my latest Riddler commission I recently fi
amazonmandy:TUTORIAL: PLAID/GINGHAM! Ever since I posted my latest Riddler commission I recently finished, everyone asked how I made the purple plaid fabric for the accent parts. I couldn’t find the proper fabric, so I made it, and now you can, too! I made this tutorial as simple sounding as possible. You will need: Your base fabric (the lightest color in the pattern), low tack masking tape (in the width of the stripes you want), and your paint for your airbrush–in this tutorial I only used magenta on pink, just as I used one color of purple for the Riddler fabric.1) Iron your UNCUT fabric, and place your tape in a diagonal direction on the fabric, equally apart, in the widths you want your stripes2) Lightly airbrush your first color layer on. DON’T GO FOR FULL COVERAGE. Just a haze of color! Let dry. 3) Gently pull up your tape, and lay it in the opposite diagonal direction, now. I reuse all of my tape pieces to save tape!4) Now put on your second layer of paint, again, just a light layer! Don’t put it on heavy, this is what gives the multiple shades effect! Let dry.5) Pull up that tape, and now you’re ready to cut your pattern pieces! Lovely plaid! Of course you can use different colors, stripe widths, and even more directions for more depth and patterns! ~ -- source link