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White trees and buttons

23/10/201307/05/2019 CarolynUncategorized40 Comments on White trees and buttons

I’ve sewn up my white trees fabric… into a top! I drafted it myself but it is a pretty simple silhouette; basically a big oversized T-shape, with something interesting in the form of the completely open top edge.  The top…

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Sandy top with gold bits

04/10/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized43 Comments on Sandy top with gold bits

OK, so I’ve made a top.  Simple, fairly plain, unexciting even? but I’m totally happy with it anyway.  Hard to see in the photo above, but the front and back neckbands have little golden swirls, twirling and tumbling sinuously around it.  Screen-printed…

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Beachy polka dots dress

13/09/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized78 Comments on Beachy polka dots dress

So, we had some purr-fectly dee-lightful weather last Monday, allowing me to wear, and take some piccies of, my dress. The product of my giant beachy polka dots fabric, screen-printed by moi.  Um, I’m completely satisfied with how it turned out.  And I…

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Screen-printing: golden curls

11/09/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on Screen-printing: golden curls

 We had our last screen-printing class (sad face)   I’m going to miss heading out to class!  Anyhow, since I feel up to doing regular screen-printing on my own at home I had decided to try out a couple of…

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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  🙂 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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Screen-printing; white trees

28/08/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on Screen-printing; white trees

A very simple little print, but finally one with which I am satisfied… maybe because this design is not my own?! This is a design by Eloise Renouf, which I re-drew free-hand to improve the resolution for a screenprint.  I LOVE…

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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  🙂 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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