Glue Batik Redo

I had tried a glue batik tutorial with less than stellar results but I decided to try it again with a lighter colored shirt this time.  My daughter had spilled chocolate on one of her favorite shirts and it went through the dryer (setting in the stain for life) before I noticed it.  One of the best candidates for dying, IMO, is a shirt with a stain.  Also, last time I used acrylic paint mixed with a textile medium.  This time I used actual dye.

This is the result and it was much better than my previous attempt.

Blue Shirt + Blue Glue = Batik pt.2

Okay, so here is the end result.  I couldn't locate the camera when I did the painting part.  I think I didn't choose colors that contrasted enough with the original color of the shirt.  You can see my glue design but it's faint.  I think if the shirt had been lighter or white it would have turned out more pronounced.

 This is the back of the shirt.  It came out a bit better than the front.  I'm going to try this again on a white shirt next time.

Blue Shirt + Blue Glue = Batik pt.1

I ruined my favorite blue shirt by being overzealous with bleach in my laundry.  Rather than use it as a rag or a grungy painting shirt I decided to give it a glue batik, a technique I've been wanting to try.  So this is step one, applying blue gel glue.  I have done traditional hot wax batik before and the glue acts pretty much the same only it takes 24 hours to dry.  On the other hand, no burns which is definitely a plus!  So when it dries and I paint it, I'll post the next part.  I'm thinking green and purple.   

Paisley of the Week! Turquoise Batik

Gah!  It's Wednesday already and I'm late doing Paisley of the Week!  Let me 'splain.  I have a fave turquiose paisley tee shirt that I was going to do as Paisley of the Week! but then I spilled chocolate on it.  And I've been remiss in doing my laundry this week as well...So enough excuses.

  This week's Paisley of the Week! is this gorgeous aqua batik from E-Quilter.  It reminds me of the beaches in Cancun where I went on my honeymoon.  Nothing but turquoise as far as you can see.  I can imagine capri pants, or a little girl's dress, or a short summer robe or a cute sleeveless blouse.  Lots of possiblities with such a pretty color!