I finally gave up on tea towels after three tortuous evenings of screenprinting them. I never managed to get a second color down, so my slightly-sloppy towels will be repurposed. Into gifts for my mom and aunts. Or, perhaps, into items for the bargain bin at Renegade. I decided to silkscreen more linen, this time […]
My linen bags turned out so well. I used a gray zipper, which contrasts nicely with the khaki of the linen and emphasizes the gray image outline. I did damage the red bag a little bit when I was turning it out, so I’ll have to keep it for myself. Oh, darn. While sewing my
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After a year and a half of screenprinting on paper, I finally printed on fabric last night – and the results are so good! Printing on fabric is only slightly more laborious than printing on paper. The ink I’m using requires heat setting after it dries – which means I have to iron each piece
I am so happy with how these notebooks turned out that I’m going to print the same image on linen tonight. I’ll sew zippered bags using the linen. Of course, I didn’t make it to Peapod yesterday (I was too busy making mac n cheese and not-so-spicy hot wings) and the shop is closed today,
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