Marbleizing fabric with shaving cream
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its not fabric its paper...http://www,hometalk,com/look-how-i-said-thank-you-using-shaving-cream- http://www.hometalk.com/paper-marbling-using-shaving-cream-and-food-co
it was shaving foam and paint and then laid napkins over to decorat, they were lovey. That's all I remember and hope that helps you. ❤️
You are correct that you can marble fabric.
Basic and Helpful Supplies:
Shaving Cream
Any name or brand. Though I recommend avoiding the color tinted varieties.
Fabric Paint
The ‘Tulip’ brand is my go-to brand. Mostly because I can find it at any craft store or Wal-Mart.
Pan of some sort to spray the shaving cream in.
Garbage bag
Ruler with metal edge
Fabric
I only tested on white cotton fabric. It would be fun to try it on other kinds as well.
Toothpicks or Pencil
These are for swirling the paint. For a finer swirl use the toothpicks. I prefer the look of the eraser end of a pencil.
Sink (somewhere nearby)
Iron/Ironing board/pressing cloth
Begin by spraying your surface (in this case a pan) with shaving cream. Rub it around until you have a thick enough layer to cover the bottom of the pan completely (or for the most part). And yes, I used a glove to touch the shaving cream. I have issues.
Add dots or random squirts of the paint you’d like, on top of the shaving cream.
Using a toothpick or something pointy, swirl the paint around until you reach your desired look.
Place the fabric on top of the swirled paint, with the side you want dyed face down into the shaving cream.
Pat the fabric gently into the shaving cream until you can see the pattern appearing on the other side.
Carefully lift up your fabric from the corners and place the clean side down onto a garbage bag.
Using the metal edge of a ruler (or anything you can find with a flat edge), scrape off the shaving cream as evenly as possible with a smooth consistent motion. Rinse and wash the ruler.
Let your paint dry on your fabric, and then heat set by placing a pressing cloth over the paint and pressing with a dry, hot iron.
Now you should be able to wash your fabric without loosing any color!
Okay, now that you understand the basic steps to marbling fabric, I will share with you some of the things I learned along the way.
Tip 1: The look of the paint swirled in the shaving cream is basically the look you will achieve on your fabric.
Tip #2: Experiment your desired effect on sample pieces of fabric, before you tackle a project.
Tip #3: Find the perfect color combo before you commit to a project.
This may take a few tries. ;) For me, I discovered I LOVED the samples that used a lighter and darker version of the same color. For example, light blue and dark blue or lime green and forest green. However, don’t be afraid to use just one color, or 3 or 4 or more.
Tip #4: When using a darker and lighter version of the same color, use more of the lighter paint then the darker paint.
If you use more of the darker color, it seems to mix out the lighter color and it can be hard to tell if you used 2 colors.
Tip #5: Lay the paint on thick or thin.
By this I mean, if you want your fabric heavily saturated with paint, use a lot of paint. If you want more white space showing, use less paint.
Tip #6: Use garbage bags for a larger surface of fabric that needs to be marbled.
Simply spray the shaving cream on top of the garbage bag, smooth it out, and add your paint…just like above.
Lay another garbage bag to the side to catch the extra shaving cream/paint that you scrape off. You can easily toss the bags away, with no mess left.
Good Luck!
I saw it too! I also saw it for marbleizing note paper as well. Look on Pinterest or key in what you want in your address bar to get good instructions
Actually, you can do this process on fabric, either as yardage or already made placemats. If you use paint, you must add Fabric Medium (Golden brand, Liquitex brand, etc.) to prevent it from cracking. Otherwise the process is the same as for paper.