When I saw Beth on our deck the other day, involved in painting some more fabric and placing ferns, leaves and stems for designs on her sun prints, I thought of Jen’s request.

Two books she’s found helpful:

*Mickey Lawler’s Sky Dyes, a Visual Guide to Fabric Painting.  Beth pointed out the portion on “Sunprints” whereby you apply paint to fabric, then lay objects over the wet paint and let it dry in bright light.  In Beth’s case, she worked on our deck in the intense sun, then she laid ferns, leaves and stems on the paint.  After awhile in the sun, these objects showed up as a lighter design in the fabric.

*Sue Beevers Off-The-Shelf Fabric Painting, 30 Simple Recipes for Gourmet Results is another Beth finds helpful.  There’s a section on “Sun Printing.”  The technique described here also involves ferns and leaves on fabric.

Enjoy!

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More Resources for Sun Printing Quilt Fabric

Jen also researched and mentions a book and instructional web site where you can learn more about this fascinating technique.

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Quilting & Patchwork Mentioned on Domestik Goddess

 My daughter had an enjoyable day today painting and sun dyeing fabric for her quilting and fabric art.  Beth started with fabric she’d previously dyed.  Today she incorporated items from nature, ferns and leaves, for the designs on the fabrics below as she used sun dyeing and painting techniques.  She said she eventually may do some stamping on the fabric.  I think they are lovely in the photos as well as “in person.”

(Fabrics are originals by Beth Mastin at Meandering Threads.)

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Sun Dyeing and Painting Fabric for Quilts