Have you
ever walked through Casa Artelexia and admired those colorful embroidered
animals from our Otomi fabric…and then hung your head after looking at their
price tags? Otomi fabric is highly sought after and appreciated as a finely
crafted, traditional Mexican art: meaning no matter where you buy it, it’s
super expensive!
If you
aren’t familiar with Otomi fabric, it is typically white cotton fabric hand-embroidered
with various brightly colored animals and flower motifs. The indigenous Otomi
people of Mexico create these gorgeous fabrics using special embroidery
techniques which involve using as little thread as possible.
It’s no
wonder why Otomi fabric costs so much, but we know buying it can be difficult.
So we’ve created our own faux Otomi fabric on a budget using only paint,
fabric, and some fun Otomi inspired stencils: enjoy!
What you’ll
need:
-1 yard or
more of white fabric (we’ve used muslin)
-acrylic or
fabric paint
-paintbrushes
(or foam paintbrushes)
- Otomi
stencils (the ones we bought can be found HERE, a free download of Otomi
stencils can be found HERE)
-pencil
What to do:
1.
Prepare a large open space to lay your fabric
flat. Tape the sides to the space so it doesn’t move around as you are tracing
and painting.
2.
Think about how you would like your Otomi fabric
to look: the composition of your shapes, how cluttered you want it to be, etc…
3.
Begin tracing your stencils onto your fabric
with a pencil. Tape the stencils to the fabric so they won’t move around as you
are tracing.
4.
After you’ve traced all of your shapes, begin
painting them.
5.
When you’ve finished painting each shape, you
will officially have your own faux Otomi fabric!
1 comment:
I can't tell you how much I love this! Thanks so much, Artelexia!
- Rebecca
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