The Printed Fabric Bee.......late, late late!

Where did January go? I'm late getting my fabric done for the Bee exchange, so sorry everyone. So Lisa Chin has been patient and I will pop it into the mail first thing tomorrow! Lisa's chosen theme was Old World Maps and I'm quite pleased with my results. It didnt take long to make but quite a bit of waiting for paint and paintsticks to dry.
I used a piece of pale taupe fabric, thinking it looked a little old! Truth be, it was an Ikea curtain that I no longer used...
I traced a pretend coastline onto a folded piece of freezer paper because I needed to use both the positive and the negative image, you'll see why later....... Then I cut out the coast line and ironed part of it to the fabric:

 My next step was to use paintsticks and colour in the edge of the paper.

 Next was to stencil some ocean waves with indigo colour textile paint

 I took the freezer paper off.....

 And used the mirror image of the paper to cover up what I had just completed. Then used a map stamp and back textile paint. The green edge of the paper came from a piece that I had used previously.

So here is the final step, I drew around the coastline with a reddy brown marker to emphasize the edge. I think it turned out well. Now onto the next fabric for the Bee!

August Blog Give Away

We are ready for our third blog giveaway this week. It was fun reading about your first surface design technique....isn't life a tickle!
This week the give away is a fat quarter of some fabulous white PFD fabric. I love, love, love the hand of this fabric, it is soft and drapey and takes colour beautifully! You can order it from me by the metre (approx. 39") at:                                                         The stencil I've included is from ArtistCellar, they create a whole range of awesome designs. You can see more here: http://fabricimagery.com/category/stencils/ Keep checking through to the second page, there are more terrific designs!
To win this prize I want to hear what colours you would apply to the fat quarter with dye or paint and then what you would do with the stencil! That's it! Winner will be announced on Friday!

Awesome New Stencil Shipment!

I just got a shipment of new stencils and have loaded them onto my site at http://fabricimagery.com/category/stencils/ I think some of these designs are absolutely wonderful, think of the many ways that you can use these images.....paint, Shiva sticks, discharge paste. And of course, I'm thinking about using soy wax.....not sure how that would work! Some are 6"x 6" and others are 8 1/2" x 11"

There are so many possibilities, I'm rushing to my studio right now to play! Here's one I did earlier with the Cathedral series:

Old World Map Stencils

Maybe a little late for Christmas giving (or getting) but I've added great new stencils to my store! What a great way to get started on some new art projects for the new year....only 11 more days :)
These are the Old World Maps series from Artist Cellar...think of the many ways you can be creative with paintsticks, powders and more!

 

Amsterdam

 

London

Pari

 

Venice

 

You can order them individually or in a full set pack of all four stencils. Check them out here: http://fabricimagery.com/category/interesting-extras/

More New Fat Quarters

I just can's stop making fabric! I've added another two fat quarters to my shop....this time with the stencils I used - as a bonus!

Check this one out:

Luminous windows show on this fat quarter, glowing with rich colours of blues, greens and golds. Can’t you see this fat quarter in some of your art work? Textile paints were stencilled onto black fabric and then heat set. Stencil is included to make more of your designs! Stencil measures 6″ square. Order this one HERE

 

Gorgeously funky fat quarter that's been hand printed with a Steampunk stencil. We used textile paints on hand dyed fabric and heat set for permanency. Fun as a feature fabric, measures 18" x 21". Includes stencil to make more of your own fabrics! You can buy this one HERE