Textile Colors
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Jacquard Textile Colors are easy to use. Right from the start you can create fun and exciting projects that will impress your friends and satisfy your creative urges. And as your experience grows so will your repertoire of techniques.
Here are the basics to get you started:
Mixing Colors: Right out of the bottle Jacquard Textile Colors provides you with 32 gorgeous colors — plenty for many projects. But if you need more you can easily mix the colors to make any color you desire.
Creating Pastels: You can mix #123 White into any other color to create pastels. Try mixing in a little at first and then adding more if you want to increase the effect.
Increasing Transparency: You can increase the transparency of any color by adding #100 Colorless Extender to it. The more you add the more transparent the color will be.
Increasing Transparency & Flowability: You can increase both transparency and flowability by adding up to 25% water. This will give you more of a watercolor effect.
They also mix beautifully with Dye-Na-Flow, Lumiere, and Neopaque.
Jacquard Textile Colors are a great medium for Pearl Ex Powders—make your own metallics!.
Application: Jacquard Textile Colors can be applied with brushes, stamp pads, squirt bottles, and airbrush. For airbrushing thin with water up to 25%.
Fixing: After drying, Jacquard Textile Colors must be set with heat. There are several ways to do it:
Ironing: This is the best method. Use a dry iron and iron on the reverse side on the appropriate setting for the fabric.
Dryer: Have the dryer on as hot a temperature as the fabric will take for about 35 to 45 minutes.
Cleanup: Promptly clean all tools with warm water.
Sets
Fabric Paints
Chemicals
Fabric Paints
Fabric
This kit includes 9 Textile Colors plus project insert:
This unique line of textile paints was designed expecially for Sherrill Kahn. Includes "Painting & Stamping a Baseball Cap" project.
32 Dazzling metallic colors for most surfaces including:
These paints are designed to cover dark backgrounds with only a light application.
32 colors that leave your fabric as soft as possible:
Dye-Na-Flow is a free flowing, concentrated liquid color for use on any untreated fabric.
It's magical on silk, but works beautifully on any fabric, natural or synthetic.
Airfix is a fixative for Jacquard Textile Colors, Neopaque, and Dye-Na-Flow for use when heat setting is impractical.
20 step by step projects using Textile Colors, Lumiere, and Dye-Na-Flow.
Explores techniques for applying paint, mostly without a brush. By Sherrill Kahn.
Sherrill Kahn shows you how to create dazzling new effects that make your rubber stamp art more colorful, unique and full of pizzazz.
A huge, ever changing selection of silk yardage & scarves you'll find nowhere else, at prices you'll find nowhere else.
Also cotton yardage, ties, silk hoops, cotton umbrella blanks, remnants, and more.
Have questions about Jacquard Paints & Inks?
On our discussion forums we quickly answer all questions.
Have a look, browse around, and if you have a question please don't hesitate to ask!
Painting a Parasol
Techniques for painting a cotton umbrella with Jacquard Textile Colors, Lumiere, Neopaque, or Dye-Na-Flow.
Leaves Table Runner
by Sue Stover
With a simple pattern and bold color you can brighten up any table! Use Jacquard Textile Colors, Lumiere, Neopaque, or Dye-Na-Flow.
Paint a Beach Chair
by Kim Meyer
By substituting Textile Colors with Dye-Na-Flow, Lumiere, or Neopaque you can create some great effects!
Christmas Chair Cover
by Sue Stover
Create 4 styles from one pattern. Fits over a standard folding chair.
Pearl Ex Ornaments
Use Pearl Ex, Textile Colors & Lumiere to create the gorgeous glass ornaments.
Dog Apron
by Sue Stover
Create this cute apron using Jacquard Inkjet Cotton, Textile Colors and Lumiere.
Hand Painted
Lampshade
by Sue Stover
Paint a paper or fabric lampshade with Jacquard Textile Colors.
Altered Photo
by Sue Stover
Use this fun technique to make your subject stand out or cover up distracting backgrounds.
Shaylee: Fairy Princess of the Flower Fields
by Patti Medaris Culea
Flat dolls are a wonderful way of playing with different fibers, papers, paints.
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