hi there it's deidre from our upcycled life and welcome to my channel if you're new here
i do lots of thrifting upcycling repurposing and diy content and today's video is all about
creating batik fabric without the wax resist it is a fantastic technique it's so easy to do and
the product that we're going to use you already probably have in your kitchen so batik is when we
apply wax to a fabric and then die on top of it it creates a really fantastic crackled looking finish
on fabric but i got an easier way to do it and something that you can do this afternoon right
in your craft room okay let's get started this full batik technique works best on cotton i
have these two pieces off an old pillowcase that i'm going to show you the technique
now to create this full batik effect all you need is flour we're going to incorporate half
a cup of warm water and half a cup of flour together mixing it really well making sure
that there's no lumps we want to in the end have it like a pancake consistency if you need to add
a little bit more flour to get that then you can just add it together in small increments
and then you're just going to paint that flour mixture all over that piece of cotton
making sure you go right out to the edge and try to get it as even as you can
and you want to make sure that you put it on quite thick so you cannot see the fabric i've got it
completely covered i'm going to set it outside in the sun and we're going to let it dry really well
i coated the other piece and i'm just showing you how you can put designs in it you can use a fork
you can use the end of a paintbrush because when you're creating designs
in it it's letting the fabric show through so when we go to color it it will seep through
in more areas and just give you a little bit more of a different look both of these are outside in
the bright sun it's going to take a little bit for them to dry i'll be back when they're all ready
they're about halfway through drying and i want to take them off the wax paper so i'm
just peeling it off and then i'm going to put it back on that piece of wood and put it out in the
sun so it can dry the wax paper was preventing it from drying from the underneath so peel that off
and we're going to set it outside it's a few hours later they're completely dry i like to add a
little bit more crackling you can see that there's some that's already started in it but i just like
to gently just kind of crunch it up a little bit to add a few more and make sure before you do this
step that it is completely dry you don't want to have it still damp or you'll have a mucky mess
now as a substitute of using fabric dye we're going to use acrylic paint because when acrylic
paint dries it is permanent so i've got a little bit of water in my paint palette
and you really want to water down that acrylic paint you don't want it really thick
and then just brush it right onto your piece of fabric into that flower you want to water
down enough so it's going to seep into those crackles and then get down to the fabric and
the resist is the flower wherever there's a flower the acrylic paint is not going to soak through but
where there's crackles the acrylic paint is going to seep right through into that fabric
i'm going to do four different colors on this piece of fabric so i can show you
how it blends in together and how it will react to different colors i'm again just watering it
down really well and you have to almost push your paintbrush into those cracks and make
sure that it's leaching right through and you have enough water incorporated into it
now for the other piece of fabric i'm going to do this brown color
again i've watered it right down and i'm pressing it quite hard right into that
piece of fabric so it goes into all those little nooks and crannies and cracks and then once we
have this all coated i'm going to take both of those pieces of fabric and again we're going to
put it out in this full sun where it's nice and hot and let that acrylic paint dry really well
i've set them outside and you can tell if you've got enough paint on it if you can pick it up
and you can see the paint on the bottom side that it's come through look at the texture on that this
one's going to be really amazing this is a couple hours later and they're completely dry and you can
want to make sure that it's dry from the front and the back it's going to be crispy again that's
what you're looking for and the same with this brown one it's nice and dry and look at all the
texture on the back of that fantastic i'm excited to show you guys how this is going to turn out i
have just some warm water in a bucket and i'm just going to put that first piece of fabric right in
there and what's going to happen is that water is going to soak off all of that flour and just
leave the acrylic paint in the cracks and wherever there wasn't any flour and it's going to leave
this really neat grainy texture on this piece of fabric and if you have a creative mind like me
you can imagine all of the possibilities you can draw pictures with flower onto fabric and then
do this technique you can do so many different designs on it so many different color combinations
anything that is like a nice cotton fabric will work now we're going to put in the second piece of
fabric and again just let that flower soak off and this piece of fabric is almost giving me almost
like a western feel kind of like a aged leather i got all the flour cleaned off both pieces of
fabric and i put them out in the sun and let them dry completely and this is the final result
i think the design that you can create on fabric with just flour is so much fun and
i know if you're like me you have all kinds of acrylic paint that you can experiment with
and mix and mingle colors together on fabric you can incorporate these pieces of fabric into
so many diy projects scrapbooking mixed media junk journaling the possibilities are endless
i hope you enjoyed today's tutorial on how to create faux boutique on fabric and if you like
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always have all kinds of great diy content thanks for watching have a great day and we'll see you in
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