socks.n.screens.
my dabblings lately..
made a few sock creatures for my littles..
our coco.nut chewed off the button eyes 3 times on a couple of them..
she's finally accepted them.. :P
i am playing around with screen printing. inspired by the article in the latest issue
of Quilting Arts Magazine by Sue Bleiweiss on how to make your own silk screens.
Jacquard was sold out of much of their drawing fluid - so i went with Speedball -
which had a pretty good price on Amazon for both bottles.
i made my own screen prints with a tight organza fabric and stapled it around old picture frames, then put duck tape around the edges. then drew with the drawing fluid and a paintbrush - let dry, then applied the filler - but i didn't let it dry long enough (and the screens weren't very tight) and botched up the whole thing! blah!
2nd attempt.. made screens with embroidery hoops and got them super tight - then let the drawing fluid dry well - then the filler - applied a bit thicker this time with cardboard and let it dry overnight.
and happy happy results!! :D
next i'm going to try the photo emulsion fluid.. have a beautiful week! xo
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