I think I’m hooked
I found it hard to stop, once I got started. So, I have lots of new fabric to play with (or trade or whatever)!
These are the ones I mailed off to Bitter Betty today for the swap-
1. pears printed on light blue- this is showing half of the fat quarter. It is folded lengthwise.
2. Orange spirals and baby faces- also folded.
3.Green and black, Baby faces, folded fabric-
4. Flower babies printed on light blue-
5. and on off-white with different spacing-
6. Red birds, green leaves, light blue background-
I have the other half of the fat quarter of most of these. I sent the ones that didn’t have the mistakes!
Then there are these-
The bugs faded quite a bit when I washed them, so now they are mine. In general I wasn’t too happy with the ones I printed on the green Kona cotton. The colors must not have absorbed well, because all of them were a bit faded after washing.
I liked this one so much that in the end, I decided to keep it.
even after I’d printed up more in various color and image combinations! I am thinking about cutting up some of these for patches or ribbons.
these too- ribbons or strips-
These are odd sized test pieces and use up the ink/paint pieces. I won’t have any problem finding uses for these non-standard shapes.
and lastly, I needed fabric like this for my applique work-
I am so glad I decided to participate in the swap- just the incentive I needed to get me started. This is a crazy week though. Isn’t it always that way when we get back from vacation? I am having my workshop this coming weekend at my house- that means I have to clean up space to do it in! I’ve got lots of things on my mind and lots of things I haven’t had a chance to blog about yet, so if you are wondering why you haven’t heard from me, that’s why. If I owe you an email, write again. I might have lost it. Now, back to cleaning up!
July 25th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
these are amazing! i recently discovered your blog (maybe through the craft blog- can’t remember) but i’m so glad that i did. you’ve totally inspired me to try this- i’ve got a few things to do first, but this project is definitely climbing on the upcoming projects list. thanks for your inspiration and great explanations and tips on how you did this!
July 25th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Mimi those all turned out great! My favorites are the orange spirals with black baby faces and the two black textures (spirals and the rice print). What a great job .. can’t wait to see how all the other textiles turned out.
July 25th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
These are wonderful!
July 26th, 2007 at 10:06 am
So awesome! What you did with this is truly amazing!!!
July 26th, 2007 at 10:46 am
My favorite are definitely the red birds. The black heads are great too.
July 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
little faces… cute cute cute.
July 27th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Have a fun workshop, Mimi!
ilove the pears too :)
August 5th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
So nice.
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:28 pm
o! it’s amazing! i like the pears so much.
September 2nd, 2007 at 6:13 pm
just wanted to stop by and thank you for the small swatch which came my way…xoxo
December 16th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
[...] 1. Collect fabrics that have images you’d like to use- faces, birds, flowers, whatever. I used some commercially printed fabric with an asian design and also some of the fabric I made last summer with carved stamps. You could use commercially available rubber stamps to stamp fabric. [...]
April 24th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
[...] I even added one of my printed patches to the pocket. This bag is to put my computer and my other bag into. Last trip, I didn’t take the computer and my regular bag isn’t big enough to hold it comfortably. I am not going to leave it home this time though… I really missed it when I went to London. [...]