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Girls in Painted Dresses

August 23, by candi canncel. 2 Comments

I have decided that the best birthday present that I can give myself is to re-create my line of clothing. Yes, bring back Candiland clothing. I loved being a designer until one day I woke up and was so super burnt. It was about this time that I disciovered Craft TV Shows and fell in love and just abandonded my line. But alas, I am back at the drawing board!

I was going through my archives and found this dazzling number that I made for myself- for my birthday a few years back. It is a simple stretch empire-waist dress that I hand-painted. I got such a fantastic response from it that I wanted to share it with you.

People always ask me what I use to hand-paint my dresses. Simple- acrylic paint. Just regular old acrylics (I like Liquitex). I find that they adhere to clothing perfectly ( have you ever been painting and got some on your clothes- well than you know what I mean!)

To hand-paint clothing, you’ll need acrylic paint in your colours of choice, and a garment. The trick is to use a good stiff bristle brush for acrylic to make the paint adhere well to the fabric. You also want to put a piece of cardboard between the layers of fabric so that the paint does not seep through to the other side. I lightly draw my design on first and then paint away. Viola!

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Comments

  1. Trena in Naperville says

    August 23, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    What a cool design! Love the colors you chose. Thank you for sharing! I’m sure you’ll get lots of compliments on your designs.

    Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

    Reply
  2. candi canncel says

    August 24, 2008 at 11:58 am

    Thank you so much!!
    xoxo,
    Candi

    Reply

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