Marion was very generous with her knowledge and supplies and for the rest of the evening we tried Monoprinting for ourselves, trying out different paints, stencils, fabrics and ideas.
You can use a piece of glass or plastic as a printing plate but I had bought a Gelli Plate well over 12 months ago and I was keen to try it out at last.
The basic idea is that you spread a layer of paint onto your printing plate and then make some marks or patterns into the paint with a stencil, stamp or even your finger and then place a piece of fabric over the top, smooth it down and then lift the fabric off. You are left with a beautiful pattern.
You can easily go over your first pattern with another paint colour and pattern and then things really interesting. It is so totally addictive and everyone found themselves having so much fun.
Here are some of the fabrics that I printed.
I had some 2" strips of white fabric leftover from a quilt and printed on them; it is a good way to use up scraps.
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Marion let us use her supplies and I really loved the pattern of this stamp that was made from one of those felt place mats that are so popular at the moment.
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I have printed a lot more fabrics than this, I kept Monoprinting for the next couple of days. It is so quick and easy and I just wanted to keep going.
It is a fun way to have some unique textured fabric, now I have to stop and see if I can use the fabric in some of my art quilts.
Bye for now,
Linda
2 comments:
What a great and fun idea...your fabric is beautiful...I may have to try this out soon.
Mono printing is very addictive Wendy. You always want to keep going and try something else.
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