Today I was dying up some fabrics to be printed on tomorrow, I chose a variety of fabrics so that I could get a full variety of choice to chose from once my design is screen printed onto them. For the procion dyes I applied to my fabrics I concentrated on bright and contrasting colours that would create a pattern of both clashing and blending on my fabric but i was also experimenting in seeing the different ways in which the procion dyes reacted to the fabrics. I did some samples creating just plain flat colour then on other samples I dropped the colour on the fabric then picked that fabric up from the surface and tilted it or held it upright to let the colour run and blend. I also used the pipette to transfer colour onto the fabric which was very effective and I also did some colour samples so that I knew which colours I'd worked with. I also bought my three meters if cotton fabric today to be printed on tomorrow for my dress and drew out on paper my top half if my dress which is a fitted block bodice and I drew out the front and back panel which needs to be transferred onto the fabric and then cut out. Tomorrow my five screens will be ready to use and print with so I can begin printing on my samples and on my 3 metre of cotton to then print out my pattern.
