preparing for PR&P week 3

Freezer paper stenciled birch fabric

In preparation for next week's theme of Project Run and Play (design your own fabric), I created a small piece of fabric with a birch print.
Can you guess what I will use it for? Given my two previous items, it shouldn't be too hard to guess...

Pineapple print

 I created these pineapple fabrics with discharge paste. This is fabulous (and very smelly) stuff. It works like bleach, but since it's much thicker, it's very suitable for freezer paper stenciling. 

I used it before for one of my favorite projects, this triangle sweater.

For my current project, I cut out several pineapples, all slightly different and with different kinds of leaves. I ironed the freezer paper to the fabric and applied the discharge paste. 

When the paste was dry, some bleaching already had occurred. Then I steam ironed it, which activated the bleach even more. The effect is always a surprise; the degree of bleaching and the resulting color depends on the fabric. I've learned that jeans and red fabric don't work as well. But on this brown cotton, the pineapples came out clear and sharp.

I also printed some orange fabric. Curious what I made with my fabric?

Here's a sneak peek.... You can find the results here and here.

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