I got out my gelli plate last week to play and ended up with a stack full of fabric. If you are not familiar with gelli plate or gelatin printing, check out my posts on this technique HERE.
I thought they would make some nice cards so I decided my Elna was up for the challenge.
The old sewing desk my Elna is sitting on is one I bought at our local thrift store. I was working there last week and I saw it. For $5 I just couldn’t pass it up. Now I have all three machines out and ready for me. Of course, I always have to have a glass of Dave’s great ice tea near me when I’m playing!
And here are two gelli print fabric cards. I am using ProChem Textile paints for this project.
That was fun and a great way to use up all of those pieces. I’m sure there will be more to come. As I was playing with them, I thought they would also make some great collages. Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday.
Wonderful, if only I could get my sewing machine to work!
Hi Linda,
Question . . . Are you stitching the fabric pieces unto a piece of regular card stock?
Love your sewing room!
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Hi Kathy, Thanks! Sorry your sewing machine is sick! Darn!
Hi Janice, Yes I am stitching the fabric onto notecards. Thanks for dropping by.
Hello Linda. Have you tried using these gelli print fabrics as normal fabrics? Do they stand up to washing? (Perhaps after heat setting?)
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Ozge, Not sure what you mean about “normal” fabrics. I am using 100% cotton. If you are talking about using this fabric for clothing, I’d check with what textile paint you use. Once they are heat set, they should be fine being washed.
Thank you for the reply Linda. I meant using the fabrics for bags, pencil cases etc; items that need to be washed. At first I thought you used acrylics but i guess you used fabric paints on the gelli plate as well.
Ozge, I’m sorry. I thought I mentioned on the post what I used. Yes, I used textile paints on my fabric. Anymore, if I’m working on fabric I’ll use textile paint because I never know how I’ll use the fabric and the fabric paint keeps the fabric soft. The only time I use acrylics is if I’m printing on paper.