Several of you emailed me about the lettering on my Reclaimed Intentions Banner from Friday’s post which included the Intentional Printing book giveaway.
I wish I could say it was my hand printing, but it’s not. I printed it with stencils made from fonts. I’ve made a short video to show you how I make them in Silhouette Studio Designer Software. They are fun, easy, and fast!
Here is a close up of the banner:
And my stencils:
The font I am using is Hannotate. As I mentioned on the video, I’m not sure where on the web I found it. I picked it because I thought that it looked more like hand printing than some fonts. However, there are lots of fonts that will work. Just make sure the letters are thick enough.
Here is my video. I hope that helps. If you have any questions about making fonts into stencils, please feel free to email me.
As I said, I am using Silhouette Studio Designer software. If you don’t have a Silhouette I’m sure other cutting software will do the trick. The reason I bought my Silhouette Portrait was to make stencils and it does an awesome job – just in case you need a little push to buy one!
Another question about that banner that several of you emailed me about was what techniques I used. For those of you who just dropped by recently, I’ve been playing with surface design techniques for several years and it all started with ice dyeing. To make this banner I raided my stash. It was great to see all of the different techniques in one place.
I’ve listed the techniques below the picture starting with the top fabric. There are links to some of the posts about those pieces.
- soy wax screen printing
- ice dyed fabric printed with thermofax screens
- soy wax batik with potato masher and fiber reactive dyes
- Sun printing with Dye-na-flow
- ice dyed fabric
- glue resist with textile paints
- ice dyed fabric stenciled with screen painting ink
- drop cloth (this was the cloth on top of my printing table. No additional printing was added)
- Oatmeal resist overdyed
- Color Magnet with fiber reactive dyes
Thank you for your questions and kind words. As far as the stencils, I love being able to print so others can read what I’ve written. Sometimes reading the words is not necessary. However, for this project it was so important.
If you’ve not commented on my last post to win Lynn’s Intentional Printing book, be sure and go back and do so. I’ll be drawing the winner on Saturday. Good Luck! And as always, thanks for dropping by.
Your talent and creativity abound. I am so blessed to know you.
Judy, You are so sweet! Thanks. You forgot to mention how many days!! 🙂
Looks like a must have book – what great creative energy!
I’m so glad people asked those questions. I was also wondering and just figured it was a technique in the book. Thank you for sharing this!
Hi Lynda! I love the way your banner turned out. You are very convincing that I need one of those stencil cutters! I have been hand cutting my stencils. I love the look of my handmade stencils, they let the viewer of the art know this was made with a human hand and I love the imperfections. But there are times I that I would love to have perfectly readable stencils! Lettering is a great example. I missed signing up for that book, heading there next. 🙂 Jaime
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Jaime, You can still make them imperfect! Thanks.
Rebecca, No, in the book Lynn actually writes with her own hand. I’ve tried and my writing looks awful. However, I may just need to practice more.
HI,, I think I get it now,, there is a machine involved with the stencils and cutting them.. Am I right. Since I am mainly a fiber person, I don’t know anything about stencil machines.. When I Googled their site, hoping to have photos of the “machine”, I did not see anything,,
I still love your “printing”, but don’t think I am getting any new machine at this moment. Researching the I pad, and that is enough for now.. Thank you for the Video, but also need to show how they are cut, for people like me… Greatly appreciated,,, vivian
Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing! Have you downloaded the update for the Silhouette software yet? I hope to do that once my lap top is back from the shop. Let me know if you like it!
Thx for the tutorial – I have a Cricut that I haven’t used yet – hope I can do this with it! Sorry I wasn’t able to make it down to see your exhibit.
Lisa, I’ve not downloaded it yet since the reviews are mixed. I thought I’d wait until the dust settles.
Annette, I imagine you can do this with the Cricut. No problem. That would have been a long drive.
Vivian, you are right I should show how they are cut. Sorry I didn’t make that clear that you needed a cutting machine. Since I was just making a screen video I couldn’t show the machine. Here is my first stencil on the Portrait and a picture of the machine: https://lyndaheines.blog/2013/05/making-my-own-stencils-with-my-new-portrait/ Thanks again for dropping by. I love my Ipad!
Thank you so much for joining in with the Say G’Day Saturday linky party! I’ve just shared this on Pinterest.
Hope to see you again this Saturday!
Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz
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