Posts Tagged: screenprinting


16
Feb 10

Coffee is my savior.

I love to make t-shirts and have decided to give a couple of my ideas a try.  I have attempted quite a few times to go the regular route of screen printing.  What I mean is, UV sensitive goop that you put on a screen that has a transparency taped to it that will magically appear on your screen after you let it sit in the sun for a particular amount of time.  It was a nightmare for me and I never liked the results.  Funny considering I love the dark room.  But, that’s beside the point.

What I have enjoyed is using ModgePodge to make my own glue-painted screens, if you will.  I have to give a BIG THANK YOU to craftgrrl for her awesome tutorial. It is a great deal more fun for me and saves money too!

What I am also having a great time doing is finding tremendous deals on gently used clothing to use as my t-shirts.  It is cheaper and more challenging for me.  Sometimes the material sparks a new design.

So, here are my two new screenprinted t-shirts.

First off, for my wonderful husband…(he got his very own)

Second, for me (:

Of course, these two lovelys are for sale in my online shop.


3
Feb 10

Experimentation

I have started experimenting a bit with my screenprinting.  I am trying to design purses around a screen print.  Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, I thought what could be better than a heart?  I also had the screen already made and laying around, so it was great when I all of a sudden decided yesterday that I wanted to screen print on the next purse I made.

The best thing about experimentation is that it always leads down a path you have never been.  I gathered a great many new ideas in my head yesterday evening as I sewed my lopsided purse and pouch.  Check them out and let me know what you think.

My purses are available for purchase at my etsy store.


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