As a textile designer, with fabric painting being my favorite medium, using good materials is SO important to me. This list is great for anyone who wants to start screen printing or doing fabric painting/textile design! Most everything on the list is...
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Inks and Paints
Brushes and Palettes
Screen Printing
Inks and Paints
Fabric inks, mixing mediums, and paints for textile design and screen printing
Speedball is my favorite brand for fabric inks, they're very opaque and easy to use. Speedball is good to use for both hand painting and screen printing!
Speedball® Fabric Screen Printing Starter Set
I love getting the singular colors, especially white, to mix and use as a base
Speedball® Fabric Screen Printing Ink
I use this textile medium and mix it with acrylic paint to make fabric paint
FolkArt® Textile Medium
This is one of the first sets of fabric paint I used, very easy to use and multiple colors for endless options.
Primary Brush-On Fabric Paint Set by Make Market
Brushes and Palettes
Options of brush sets and palettes for fabric painting and mixing paints/inks
The first palette knife set I used, super easy to use and very affordable
Plastic Palette Knife Set by Artist's Loft™, 6ct.
I upgraded to these palette knives recently to have something more sturdy and easier to hold
Metal Palette Knife Set by Artist's Loft
Having a lid for your palette is so helpful to help reduce your paint from drying out, this one is super convenient
10-Well Paint Palette with Lid by Craft Smart
This palette is great if you're someone like me, who makes their paints to make a ton of shades!
20 Well Rectangular Artist Palette by Artist's Loft
These are the brushes I personally use, I love small brushes to get a bunch of details when I hand paint my fabrics.
White Synthetic Brushes by Artist's Loft™ Necessities
A variety of brushes and spatulas is so good for beginners that aren't sure what their favorite size brushes are yet or for having a ton of options
Super Value 50 Piece Brush Set by Artist's Loft™ Necessities
Screen Printing
Everything you need to start screen printing from speedball
This is the kid i used to start doing actual screen printing, it has a bit of everything so its super convinent
Speedball® Super Value Fabric Screen Printing Kit
This is great for cleaning the screens and getting the filler out!
