Gelatine mono printing

 
 
 
 
A couple of days back, I received my 8 by 10 inch sized Gelli Arts printing plate, and of course, everything was neglected until I had a "play".

Initially, I used a Neopaque Gold acrylic paint on the first piece of fabric and was most unhappy with the result.
Whether it was due to being the first time I had used the plate and the brayer, the paint did not transfer evenly to the fabric.
Of course, maybe the paint was too old? Who knows!
I did try reconstituting it with the addition of water and a good stirring when I saw how it was "clotting " on the fabric.

Anyway, using the rounded tip of a paintbrush, I traced wiggles and loops in the paint before placing the fabric on the plate.

I then switched to a larger piece of fabric which had already been through a test run of my Inktense Blocks. (LOVE my Inktense pencils!!)
For this attempt, I pulled out an "el cheapo" tube of Acrylic paint in FLUORO PINK.
(Nothing like making a colourful statement!!)
Using a half inch wide flat brush, I dragged vertical lines down the plate, then the wavy lines side to side.

I repeated similar over some of the yellow pieces that hadn't printed too well.
On a couple of the pieces of fabric I sprinkled some glitter which seems to have adhered to the paint.

Being rather warm weather here (32 deg C) the prints were dry in no time at all.
Today I'm hoping to cut some postcard sized pieces and doing some hand embellishing whilst I'm at the Sunshine coast this weekend

The way we were

 
 

Two hand stitched Kate Greenaway girls to send to two friends who are members of the PCMA group.
The theme was "The way were were"

I had thought of more modern young ladies, but felt it was time to do some hand work for a change.
I trialled my new Derwent Inktense pencils to add a bit of colour

My little corner of the world

 
 
 

Despite a hot Summer, recent rains have tricked my Orchids into flowering, and I thought I would share with you.
You can see that I only have a pocket handkerchief sized garden, but Sam and I love our little garden

More "By the light of the moon"

 
 
 
 

By the light of the moon

 
 
 
 
 

There are Blue moons, silvery moons and Harvest moons!
The theme "by the light of the moon" makes me think of all three.
Can you remember "Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone......."
or "By the light of the silvery moon....." ???

Yes! I know it shows my age, but that's my prerogative!
Anyway, I decided to have fun and play with moons.....

The various items I used, and not necessarily in the right order, involved Tyvektek medium weight, Lumiere pearlex and metallic paints, blue organza,Angelina fibres and Angelina film AND a heat gun. I thought I got some interesting results for my blue moons.

For the Silvery moon I once again used the Tyvektek,Lumiere paints, the trusty heat gun and a layer of black bridal tulle.

Finally, the Harvest moons. Full apricot glowing balls! Apricot dyed homespun, golden orange nylon organza and in some cases an overlay of black tulle.

And what goes with blue moons? A dingo howling, a cat meditating,a blue moon rising behind a hill.........

Harvest moons: Full moon rising ; silhouette of animal or hillside......

Ok. My dingo in "blue moon" wasn't as precise as I hoped his outline would be, but when a friend dropped by today and saw my cat meditating cards, she reckoned that I had Sam's silhouette "perfect".

I had fun making the cards, and I hope my friends in Postmark'dArt enjoy them when they arrive

Champagne bay & Port Vila

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purrfect kitties

 
 

I am way behind in my Post card swaps for January, but I am finally catching up!
I had thought to use "Sam Wise" as my model, but being unable to find fabrics to play with, and definitelt NOT feeling like preparing my own fabrics, I resorted to a favourite model from an earlier time: Jesse Jomo passed over the Rainbow Bridge in 2007 but his personality lives on.


Some years ago, I received in another Postcard swap a card similar to this, and it always intrigued me. So, with thanks to Patsy for the inspiration, here is my "purrfect cat"

Sam

 

The photographer's assistant

Christmas is coming!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And along with a photo of my sewing area, I share some of my "fabric and fibre" christmas post cards with you.

Mug rugs

Until a couple of weeks ago, I had never heard the term "mug rug" and I needed to ask some of my online contacts exactly WHAT they were.

Of course, living in a sub-tropical climate I admit that my thinking was slightly coloured by the need for cool drinks, so I was puzzling how to make a stubby cooler to fit a coffee mug!

I was soon set straight with Links to these mug rugs,
and after delving in my recently tidied fabric stash I was slicing, dicing and stitching like a Fury.

Of course, I only needed to make ONE!
But I ended up making ten, and have orders for more.
NOT before Christmas, methinks......my sewing room is nearly tidy again!