Waiting for paint to dry....

[gurdymonkey]

....so I can shift to the next section.

After piddling half-heartedly with a stencil blank and X-acto knife I asked myself what I was so damn scared of? I began began painting the flowers free-hand, working on the assumption that doing so will contrast nicely with the geometry of the lozenges. I just have to remember not to do groups of four or nine as those numbers are considered unlucky.



Edit - when I knocked off today, I had painted flowers on the collar segment and the back sections of the body panels. I maybe could've done more. This leaves the fronts of the body panels, the overlap panels and both sleeves. After that, I can get out the green paint and start all over again, but that's not as nearly as much painting.

Comments

[xrian.livejournal.com]

So, is watching paint dry as exciting as it's advertised? {snicker}

It looks amazing. Wish I was as motivated; I've spent entirely too much of this weekend sleeping.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Yes, pretty much. Sometimes I wonder how I can stand it!

These fabric paints dry reasonably quickly and I've had almost no bleed through to the other side of the fabric. I feel pretty safe giving it a half hour before I shift the fabric on the table and start on a new section. Good time for bathroom breaks, snacks, checking email, swapping laundry loads....