Thursday, April 3, 2014

Into the Woods (with The Printed Fabric Bee)


Yesterday afternoon I locked myself in the studio...I was determined to get Carol Eaton's woodlands fabric done!

I decided to go in a different direction than my original plan. I'd been working on Carol's fabric over the weekend and it was just not jelling (or is it gelling? blue glue gel joke :)) I was working with layers of blue glue gel and paint but it was just too much and not reminding me of woodlands of ANY kind.

I stepped back and went simple. I painted a light brown background and then pulled out one of my favorite texture blocks made out of broken spaghetti.


I printed with white paint to represent this unending winter.

Next, I used two stencils cut from freezer paper. I originally used these stencils for printing a theme fabric about my grandmother's garden. I chose what I considered to be early spring colors.


I added a few painted details.


Above is the final fabric. I rather like it!

Six-inch giveaway fabric

If you'd like a six-inch square of this fabric along with eight other lovely woodland-themed fabrics, don't forget to go to either Carol R. Eaton's or The Printed Fabric Bee's blog and leave a comment. The drawing is April 12th.


4 comments:

  1. I really like your fabric design - very Springy indeed, and beautifully done!

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    1. Thanks, Sharmon. I was really happy with it when it was done. Stepping back and going "simple" seemed to work out. Thanks for you comment!

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  2. What kind of paint do you use please? The effect is so lovely!

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    1. Hi Sarah- I first painted the background (brown) with diluted Pebeo Setacolor Transparent fabric paint. I printed and stenciled over it with Pebeo Setacolor Opaque fabric paints. Thanks for commenting!

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