Embroidery / Airbrushing

[sublimatedangel]

Well I found a nifty site about Japanese embroidery and snagged lots of pretty pictures... I think we're going with the blossom look, it's pretty. We may also be going with colors rather than a single metallic color... because I just love the way theirs looks. I am printing up examples to look at and then I shall niftily draw out a full size designs to transfer to the hem and shoulder. I've noticed alot of the people are airbrushing the fabric first to kind of highlight the design. I don't know if this would be good on mine or not. And I don't have an airbrush. Does anyone reading this have airbrushing skills/supplies? Maybe we can work out a trade :) I'm not really sure if fabric requires special paints though... I don't plan on washing this a whole lot, but I don't want the paint to turn wet and drippy and ruin all the embroidery if I do get it wet... and I don't want it to make the fabric too too stiff either. Hmmm. I need someone who's done this stuff and has experience to draw on. If I can't find someone, I can always skip it, but it does seem like it makes it look prettier... If I can find someone, I'll need to figure out what color I want it airbrushed. Tricky tricky. I shall ask opinions re: color at sewing circle.