Seeing Spots
I resolved the problem of the fawn fabric by going back to the stash, finding this piece that I had dismissed earlier as being too orange with indistinct spots. It had areas of less orangeness, though, that I thought had possibilities. I cut the body from an area that had nice sized spots, but on the wall they were not showy enough. I decided to try bleach discharge with the Clorox Bleach Pen on the spots, first playing around with an edge of the unused fabric. Bleach direct from the pen ran and made the spots too big, but applied with a Q-Tip, I was able to control it and I think I got really nice spots! I neutralized the bleach with Hydrogen Peroxide, then washed it thoroughly with Synthrapol. You can see lower on the belly, the original spots before bleach, I felt like that was good for that area to leave them alone.
I am not happy with some of the background fabrics and am in the process of changing them.
Tags: Bleach discharge, Fabric, fawn

December 1st, 2008 at 11:49 pm
The fawn appears to be eyeing your flower beds…… BEWARE!!!!
Gwynette
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:14 am
Actually he is way up in the far corner of our back pasture, so the flowers are safe. I guess we are surrounded by enough wild spaces that the deer don’t bother my flowers.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Looks great! I can hardly wait until it is finished. I do so admire your talent. Love, Del
December 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Great solution! The piece looks wonderful. I’m enjoying watching your creative process. Thanks for sharing.