Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Crafty summer...

Its funny,I never really saw myself as much of a crafter or maker but turns out I actually love the therapeutic effects of taking the time out to make something beautiful for yourself or for a loved one and its EVEN MORE exciting when you use your own designed and handprinted fabric!

So I present...
Featuring one of my favorite colours,some treasured handprinted bits and pieces AND some simple embroidery...a cute cushion for my NEW room :)


Also... Thanks to Jhonna's ruby doll freebie pattern I made ...
MY VERY OWN "LUCY "DOLL !
The fun part - choosing what fabrics to use!
Cute little embroidered face :)
Lucy and the cushion - looking good together don't you think?
*love*

last few days of print...

A few shots of the print process for my final project for the year.My challenge was to transalate a handpainted border design(see below) into a seamless repeat pattern and handprint a 2.5m length of fabric.
Technically the repeat was quite easy to do but the actual printing of it took a long time.I three screens to work with and about 8 colours in my design.Normally in industry you'll have one screen per colour!
So after a LOT of testing and failing and trying again and finally succeeding I used a combination of polychromatic printing (which is handpainting the screen using the dyes first and then printing with a clear paste to push the dye into the fabric) and direct screen printing to acheive a fairly good trnasaltion of my original design!The textile peeps reading this will feel my pain but for any non-textile geeks,hope you enjoy the photos!



Original handpainted design


One of the three screens,ready for printing


The painting begins.Handpainting using reactive dyes into the exposed part of the silk screen


Trying to achieve a watercolour effect through handpainting.VERY TIME CONSUMING!



And finally...the print onto ( 100% gorgeous silk habotai)


A view of the repeating design.I had to wash out my screen and re-paint after each print.Phew!exhausting but immesley satisfying.I absolutely LOVE what I do.
The background ombre on the fabric was also handpainted.Getting the colour gradation right was challenge #101!

Room renovation continued...

Remember the bedroom renovation that I mentioned earlyier this year?Well finally I've got the time to post up a few shots of the before and afters!


Inspiration from the wonderful realliving magazine!

THE WALL! The colour - Wattly paints,midnight seas (BEA U-TIFUL)


THE TOOLS FOR THE TRADE!


Amateur in action!
MORE IN THE NEXT POST ... Stay tuned!