Today I am sharing with you my new Lumi Silkscreen kit. But let’s start at the beginning. Before I could receive my Lumi silkscreen kit I needed to upload an image. I spent quite a bit of time thinking about what image I wanted and finally decided on a fern. After surfing the web with…
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Getting Ready For The Exhibit
I feel like I have really been AWOL from here. The reason I’ve been gone is that I have been spending so much time getting ready for our “Colorful Friendship: A Study in Fabric Surface Design” exhibit that will open February 24 at the Krannert Gallery at University of Evansville. Last week I was interviewed…
Read More2012: My Favorite Posts
I debated whether to do what my hubby did and list the top favorite posts from Pinterest or from my blog traffic. I decided to combine the two, and throw in a couple of posts that might not have gotten a lot of hits, but are some of my favorites. They are not in any…
Read MoreMy very own thermofax screen play
Wow! I finally have my very own designs on thermofax screens. The images for thermofax screens need to be high resolution black and white jpgs or pdfs. For the top print I used spools that I stamped with paint. I didn’t want the spools to be perfect so I chose those images that were missing…
Read MoreThrift Store Find Plus My Fabric
Yes, you read right! I am using some of that fabric I’ve been making! Well, just a little piece, but still it’s a start. I found this cool linen shirt when I was thrift shopping. I usually don’t like to buy linen since it never behaves looks like I think it should, but this one…
Read MoreWorking with Margaret’s thermofax screens
I posted back last December about the thermofax screens I won from Margaret Applin. They were so neat, but I wasn’t real excited about the results. Then I purchased her Quilting Arts video and played a little more with these screens. This video not only shows you her tips for printing, but she also takes…
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In June, I took a screen printing class from friend and artist Kathy Sands. It was so much fun, but I wasn’t real excited about my results. Here was one of those prints from that day. I liked the actual image but I didn’t like the white between the screen printing. I still had not…
Read MoreScreen Printing Day
Saturday I drove a couple hours to take a wonderful screen printing class taught by my friend and artist Kathy Sands. Several months ago I had purchased a screen from Blicks. I’ve been wanting to play with it and this day I really gave it a work out. Kathy took us through everything from mixing…
Read MoreReview: Surface Explorations Vol 1
I have really fallen in love with surface design – playing on top of fabric. Interweave’s new emag, Surface Explorations, is the perfect resource to inspire me to continue. Here are just some of the lessons you’ll find in this new emag: The Great Dye Experiment: Cotton vs. Silk with April Sproule Thermofax® Screen Printing:…
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