the micaiah response:
1-the drawn on with pencil prior was a givin
2-paint would be fabric paint, i'd have to buy it and buy a brush.
3-the fabric is a think fabric. the type i'm not to sure of for i got it with alot of other fabric free from a clothing designer but its a thinker fabric. its feel is like a soft slightly thinner jean
4- i would never glue fabric on my fabric it's look bad. (me and glue don't get along)
the trick to prevent freying is tunkin the ends over then sewing on.
5- ...........
2- Fabric paint works better with thicker fabrics, I think... It looks a bit less painted and more of a design. While fabric paint is paint, it is pretty flexible, and it may look nice if you know how to use it. Not so much if it's your first time. I consider myself decently good with fabric paint. I paint shoes, and the most recent pair I did was perfect. One shoe had a sun in the front, and I guess I accidentally brushed it and left a bit of a smuch where I was hoping for a clean circle. This will ALWAYS be a potential problem with fabric paint, no matter how good you are though. Keep that in mind. The last thing you want to go is be putting on your finishing touches to a dress you've worked so hard on, only to have the paint smudge, ruining the design AND ruining the dress.
4- No, they're a kind of glue that's MADE for fabric. I've never used it before but I've heard it's good for small designs, like this. Sewing the design on or in this case gluing it would probably work best.
The problem with trying to put the black under it is that FIRST you have to cut out curved designs that don't come straight from the outside. THEN you have to sew the frayed ends underneath so it'll look nice...Did I mention they're curved, and not coming from the edges? To get a nice looking seam over a curved area means you'll have to be cutting the fabric underneath it... Which just makes more fraying. And if you somehow manage that, it'll look angular and wonky close up. Trust me on this, putting the pieces over the dress will give you the best results and will be a lot easier than adding the black underneath.
Another thing to keep in mind is if you're sewing black underneath, there'll be stitching on the front in plain view unless you hide it under the belt, which might show up in pictures or up close. Puckering fabric near your crotch is also definitely uncool.
And if the front of the skirt isn't too tight, the black will be visible, and will attract more heat... And although Portland weather isn't too sunny now, previous K-cons haven't exactly been known for their cool, breezy weather.
I hope this helped a bit.
