As I’m taking part in Moki’s stamped fabric swap my focus and crafty thoughts* have lately been about how to print onto fabric. This swap in particular was about block printing.
One of the bloggers I received fabric from was Creative Kismet, she went all out. She also kindly posted a tutorial on her process. Love the idea of the matching card and twill tape.
Going through my bloglines I also came across One Girl’s leaf printing tutorial. Sweet.
These are just a couple of ways of printing onto fabric yourself. You can also inkjet, use fruit and vegies and rubber stamps. Would love to see anyone else’s ideas or links, please feel free to leave comments!
* For another post, what’s your crafty creative process? Do you even realise that you might have a process? It might not be written anywhere but you probably do have some form of process. Something to think about…
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Very interesting post.Thanks!
Printing on fabric: as a teenager I was taught lino cutting and used this a lot to print my own textiles. I used it for text, images, repeat patterns etc. It’s the same principle as potato printing but you can do more detailed designs and keep the blocks forever. You can now get flocked lino which is more suitable for using with fabric paints, though it is tricky to cut. You need good tools, and it’s worth going to a craft shop which has lino and the right tools.
hey, thanks so much for linking to my tutorial – can’t wait to see what people do with it!