Sun-Dress:the process

While thinking about the process that I could use for my prints for my fabric, I came across a process called 'blue printing' or 'cyanotype' which was discovered at the end of the 18th Century as a means of developing photos by sunlight. So i found out the names of the chemicals and managed to order them on line. After blowing up photos of my environment, subject matter for my prints( the process was almost more important than the prints themselves in this project, as it adhered to both the ideas I was investigating of things responding to sunlight as well as being sustainable(by not using harmful chemicals or having any wastage)).
First I mixed the two chemicals together and put them in a dark bottle in the dark and coated the fabric in the dark, which in my case, was the bathroom, with multiple layers of newspaper to soak up any excess. This was then allowed to dry in the dark and then once dry taken out, with my images on acetate and then pinned on to the fabric which was being stretched out on foam board. It was then left to expose in the sun, whereby the images where transferred to the fabric and then I could take the acetate off, and my fabric would be printed. After washing out the excess chemicals, I hung the fabric out to dry. Here are a couple of photos illustrating the process.