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Autumn leaves sundress

07/09/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on Autumn leaves sundress

I made a sundress using my autumn leaves fabric, screen-printed by me here.  Those who like wonky weird imperfect prints are going to like this, if you don’t, then avert your eyes! The pattern is an adaption of dress T,…

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Screen-printing: giant beachy polka dots

05/09/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized42 Comments on Screen-printing: giant beachy polka dots

My latest screen-printing project  ðŸ™‚ Searching for design inspiration, I randomly set myself a theme.  The beach!  I sketched out several ideas and variations, some abstract some more literal, and spent ages agonising over which one I should do… aaargh,…

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New (not) khaki leggings

02/09/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on New (not) khaki leggings

Hello  ðŸ™‚ I’m still renovating my wardrobe… and can I just say, beige leggings, hmmm.  (shudder) I’d taken a hearty dislike to mine over recent weeks.  But they still had some wear in them.  Wasteth not, wanteth not.  It was really…

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Screen-printing; autumn leaves

24/08/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized40 Comments on Screen-printing; autumn leaves

Hello! been screen-printing some more  ðŸ™‚ btw, Shelley and Ute asked about the ink and colour-fastness of; we are using Permaset Aqua Textile Printing Ink, you can read about it, search for stockists and buy online here.  I got some at Jacksons art…

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Screen-printing: murky blocks

18/08/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized51 Comments on Screen-printing: murky blocks

Well … screen-printing, whoar!  You guys.  I’m totally sucked in.  Somebody stop me! So yesterday everyone was out except for me … but I had fabric.   I had a design and paint and I had a screen.  I had…

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Poppies lingerie set

16/08/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized53 Comments on Poppies lingerie set

My first screen-printing effort obviously lent itself best to something comprised of smaller pieces that could be cut to avoid the more glaring imperfections in the print, ahem!  A set of lingerie sounded like a plan  ðŸ™‚  My poppies print…

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Screen-printing; a field of poppies

14/08/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized42 Comments on Screen-printing; a field of poppies

Hello! I am doing a screen printing course!  I have tonnes of pretty patterns gleaned from Pinterest that I would loooove to print onto my own fabric, but I think my aspirations might be a tad more ambitious than my abilities, hehe.…

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The Alessa hoodie

30/07/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on The Alessa hoodie

… so called because Alessa of Farbenfreude gave this fabric to me in a recent giveaway… thank you so much Alessa! It is very nice fabric, a largish piece of soft fluffy charcoal grey non-stretchy knit stuff with a diagonally…

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