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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Last but not least Discharge paste.

I'm sure many of you have either heard of discharge paste or used it. I know it was featured on this blog before but I think it has been a while. Well, on this last post of the year I thought I would get a bit smarty pants and combine two techniques in one. This fabric has color magnet and discharge paste on it. First I dyed the fabric on which I had screened Color Magnet then put it in a baggy with dye and soda ash.

When after washing, drying and ironing, I turned the fabric face down on my ironing board table and screened on discharge paste . Now that fabric didn't know whether the color was coming or going (bad art humor)


I used this circle screen with a credit card to apply the discharge paste.


Wet


Ironing to remove color






Now look at the other side with color magnet feathers and discharged circles coming through the back. VERY nice!!


I hope you saw a few techniques to whet your whistle. We have a long winter to get through so try some of these techniques. Happy New Year to you all.
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8 comments:

  1. YvonneDecember 30, 2015 at 5:59 AM

    Great result Beth.
    Wishing you a Very Happy and creative New Year.

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  2. EkeDecember 30, 2015 at 6:49 AM

    That is a great idea Beth, with a beautiful result. Thank you for your posts this month, very interesting. All good wishes for 2016, that it may be as creative as always!

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  3. Judy Sall Fiber ArtDecember 30, 2015 at 7:24 AM

    Great combination of techniques, and I love your results! Thanks for all your wonderful ideas and examples!

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  4. Jo VandermeyDecember 30, 2015 at 9:20 AM

    Wonderful results. I wouldn't have thought of combining the two.
    Jo

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  5. RobbieDecember 30, 2015 at 9:57 PM

    How cool is this!!! Great post!

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  6. elleDecember 31, 2015 at 8:08 AM

    Happy New Year, Beth. You have discharged 2015 with a great finish!!!

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  7. irene macwilliamDecember 31, 2015 at 6:07 PM

    Fascinating. thank you for your month of very interesting posts. Happy New Year

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  8. SuzanneG in NCJanuary 6, 2016 at 10:04 AM

    Thank you for sharing your experiments. I have used discharge paste and love it but the color
    "grabber" is a product on my shelf as I haven't quite understood how to use it. Your tutorial is very
    helpful. Thanks.

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