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I am wanting to place some weird printed things on a cloth and then age the cloth.
Would I do the old bath and oven trick? Plus, do you guys know where I can find cloth that just looks right for aging? Would burlap fabric be the think to use? I really have no idea how to place print on a cloth. I was thinking about seeking out a silk screen operation. I am after the look of a cloth that has been wrapped over an old book of mystic knowledge. The cloth wasn't just used to protect the book from small bumps and scratches but also to be used as an altar type cloth. Best Ray |
Crossroads Mystic Elite user Rapid City, SD 498 Posts |
Look for in unbleached muslin or osnaburg at your local fabric shop. Even wal-mart will have the muslin (not sure snout the osnaburg).
~Gavin |
Martyn35 New user UNEMPLOYMENT: 2500 people applied for 46 Posts |
Silk screening is a messy operation!!! You can buy stuff to put through a printer that can be then used as iron on transfers. To age the cloth, bunch it up with tea bags inside it and soak it in a bucket of hot water. This will give un-even patchy staining. You can give it a worn look by gently rubbing with sandpaper or emery cloth ( use a fine grade ).
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Martyn35 New user UNEMPLOYMENT: 2500 people applied for 46 Posts |
I would go for a calico type fabric BTW...
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Magical Dimensions Inner circle 5001 Posts |
Thanks guys for your input. It has me thinking. I have used the iron on idea in the past and it really looked good.
I can already see this project taking on life. Would Embroidery be a good idea? Or would it not fit in what I am trying to do? Ray |
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I judged goggled and found aged cloth for sale! Who would have thought?
Heck, my work is half way done! I just need to make some ice tea and give it a bath while I am sipping on my glass of sweet tea. LOL http://www.fatquartershop.com/Aged-Musli......rics.asp Here is something of interest. http://gordon.typepad.com/dining//AgedCloths.pdf I like the look of osnaburg cloth. Best Ray |
Martyn35 New user UNEMPLOYMENT: 2500 people applied for 46 Posts |
If you want it to look aged, embroidery may not be the way to go. 200-300 years ago yarn dyes were not quite so colourfast as modern dyes. Think of the embroidery and tapestrties you see in stately homes here in england. They are dull in colour, however when they were made they would have been very vibrant in colour. If you do go down that route, chose your colours carefully, they need to look
sun-bleached and faded.
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Thanks for telling me that. That was really useful information.
If the book is 200-300 years old, then maybe the images were hand drawn onto the cloth, yes? What would someone do back then to place a drawing on a cloth? I want this to look right for the back story. Ray |
Martyn35 New user UNEMPLOYMENT: 2500 people applied for 46 Posts |
Historical fabrics would have had designs woven in at the point of manufacture, applique and embroidery. I think that if you wnet down the route of iron on transfer, the design being of wood block printing style on the fabric, it probably wouldn't be questioned. As long as the designs are what people generally associate with that period. The cloth is dressing for the performance, it woun't draw too much close attention unless it is garishly obviously wrong for that period.
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Yes, that makes great sense.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my thread. Note: I am on a darn iPad and it will change my words after or while I am typing. So please over look the mistakes that I have in my above posts. Best Ray |
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