Thread: ART Quilt Challenges Monthly

just harness your inner pre-schooler and dig in!! you can't do it wrong!! if 2 and 3 yr olds can do it, certainly WE can!! 8-) i am returned from dallas and playing with my dgd who turned 1 while i was there! i sooooo want to go back!! tomorrow i reclaim my cats and dogs from the pet hotel. hope they are all ok and not psychically harmed! i've missed them!

Originally Posted by ghostrider

I've used wood and lino blocks to print on fabric, along with rubber stamps, bobbins, nuts (the metal kind, though walnuts might look kinda cool...hhmmmmm ), onions, and other miscellaneous "stuff". Are you having trouble?

This is a great place for ideas, btw.
http://suebleiweiss.com/freeprojects/stamping.pdf
Sue's website is a gold mine of information.
http://www.suebleiweiss.com/home.html

Thanks ghostrider! I'll check out those links. I'm not having trouble... just trying to decide where to start. I have some fabric dyes and my paint sample pack may come in the mail today. Now I just have to find a little free time and a piece of fabric I want to print on.

Originally Posted by dotcomdtcm

Try printing with an ear of corn.

Love this idea and am going to go to town with it as soon as there is some corn again. We are in winter but you've expanded my brain one more time. I always scrounge stuff to stamp and use for designs but hadn't thought of corn!

Originally Posted by SewExtremeSeams

I have used the base of a celery bunch, a sliced orange and lemon.

Liked that link she is a very clever girl.

Trying some celery bases, that sounds fun. I had some good luck with a one day dried out cut onion. The rings were uneven and slightly bumpy, ditto letting my lemon dry a bit before printing with it.

Am also loving just smearing several colors of paint on the fabric and then over brushing and then stamping.

Ah I love playing!!!!

Star fruit works well for printing, too. Let the surface dry a bit beforehand though.



And onions.

Originally Posted by ghostrider

Star fruit works well for printing, too. Let the surface dry a bit beforehand though.



And onions.

Right... I forgot to mention that I let the celery, orange slice and lemon slice dry for a day first. Love your star fruit and onion.

Watched segment 902 of Quilting Arts on TV yesterday and the gal was using the Rit Color Remover on fabric but she was sprinkling it on also to give an unusual effect. I have been to 3 stores and cannot locate that product. Have to try Michael's one of these days.

Originally Posted by SewExtremeSeams

Right... I forgot to mention that I let the celery, orange slice and lemon slice dry for a day first. Love your star fruit and onion.

Watched segment 902 of Quilting Arts on TV yesterday and the gal was using the Rit Color Remover on fabric but she was sprinkling it on also to give an unusual effect. I have been to 3 stores and cannot locate that product. Have to try Michael's one of these days.

Linda,

Thanks for the tip on letting the fruits and veggies dry for a day before printing.

I wanted to let you know that our Walmart carries the Rit Color Remover in the laundry section.

Originally Posted by azwendyg

Linda,

Thanks for the tip on letting the fruits and veggies dry for a day before printing.

I wanted to let you know that our Walmart carries the Rit Color Remover in the laundry section.

Thanks Wendy, I will look next time I go to Walmart. My Walmart hasn't carried several things that others do. No clothesline rope for making baskets or paintstiks or paintstik type products like others have mentioned their Walmarts have.

Originally Posted by Linny

I have a bottle of the textile medium purchased at Michael's for $1.47 (1 part medium 2 parts paint ) and I usually use a big brush meant for stamping. Your puppies are so cute!

Thanks for the data Linny--have you washed your painted fabrics much or at all before use? Curious on that point.

The language and methods I use to try and find craft goodies over here include a lot of mime and a lot of cell phone dictionary use. LOL Just try to get across the idea of acrylic gel medium for fabrics.................I don't even know what it is in English! So every way I can use basic products is a help.