Comments on: Sunday morning….

By: Marlis

Marlis — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:50:03 +0000

dale ann – in addition to what linda said about the curtain fabrics (she is an expert in screenprinting – i have learned so much from her!!):
my friend bea used an old picture frame and sheer curtain fabrics – it has worked beautifully! btw: kerr grabowski is showing this also in her DVD – you just have to try different qualities.
have fun and show us what you have done!

By: Kay Stephenson

Kay Stephenson — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:26:53 +0000

Hey Dale. I’m @StitchingTimes on Twitter BTW. I love Quilting Arts and always find at least one article that sucks me in and inspires me to try something new. This month it was Jill Amanda Kennedy’s technique for embellishing fabric to make a cuff. I’m applying it to making holiday ornaments and a doodad to hold hair up in a ponytail… And you are right, each article also inspires the desire to buy lots of new materials and tools!

By: Linda Colsh

Linda Colsh — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:43:30 +0000

Hi Dale Ann and thx for the mention of my article. You can make adequate, if not “professional approved” screens: any frame you can staple or nail tacks into will work (I use artist’s canvas stretchers, or even in a pinch for a small screen which doesn’t have to live for 100 yrs I will use matte-weight cardboard with a hole or passepartout cut into it). Try various sheets like old curtains. My friend Jette Clover even uses cheesecloth (you might get some printing of the cloth’s texture, but that could be interesting). Just be sure to stretch the cloth really tightly so when you squeegee you don’t get wrinkles (you can even save on the squeegee by using an old credit card). Of course for really big screens, real screen fabric is better. What brought me back to screenprinting, after I’d thought “not for me” back in college, was giving myself permission to break the rules (oh and water-based products that didn’t need solvents to clean).