Flour-resist Batik again

Here is the final product of the green cloth I did the other day.

To tell the *whole* truth, this isn't the cloth I did the other day. That day I was not functioning on all cylinders and forgot a little ingredient when dyeing, viz the fixative, and so when i washed, um... yes, well.....! I spent a few days feeling miffed and then stubbornly began again at the beginning!

It works! Next I tried scrunching up the cloth and cracking the resist well, before applying paint _ I like this much, much better; in fact, now I think the green one looks quite bland!

Great fun to do and super-easy. I've since read somewhere that you're supposed to cook the flour paste (?) - I wonder why. I did notice that it fermented very quickly in the squeeze bottles - had to throw it away the day after. It's been 30 degrees C plus here. Maybe the cooking helps it to keep? Who knows...