Roy Reminder....Blue this Thursday!

Jennifer has already posted her reminder...so here is mine too!

We have another month of Roy G Biv coming up this Thursday, May 21..the color is BLUE! Post up to 5 BLUE photos that day and leave a comment here or on Jennifer's blog and we'll link to your post for a colorful blog hop! Come on, it's fun!!

My Geometry Fabric and a Guest Post on Cloth Paper Scissors

I finally finished my Printed Fabric Bee Geometry fabric for Gerrie Congdon. Gerrie's choosing a winner today for the 6" squares of the Geometry giveaway fabrics, so be sure to stop by The Printed Fabric Bee Blog to leave a comment!

6" square giveaway fabric

I decided to use a couple of my favorite "found" objects to print this fabric...a milk bottle top and a battery!

If you want to know the specifics on how I used these items to print my fabric, stop by the Cloth, Paper, Scissors blog TODAY...I'm the guest blogger and will show you how to make a "Top-Op Art" fabric! I was so excited to be asked to do a post for them! Hope you enjoy reading it.

The Printed Fabric Bee Geometrics Giveaway

I'm a bit behind in announcing that it's time for the monthly fabric giveaway from The Printed Fabric Bee. Gerrie Congdon was this month's Queen Bee and her fabric theme was Geometry. The above mosaic shows you the fabrics so far and the rest of us are now working away on our pieces. I plan to work on mine on Thursday and will post about it on Friday. BUT in the meantime, if you would like the opportunity to win the 6" square selections of the fabrics featured above you'll need to either stop by Gerrie's blog or The Printed Fabric Bee blog and leave a comment. Gerrie is selecting a winner on May 15th...so don't delay!

Day #12 (the Final Day): Fabric Printing at Home Scavenger Hunt

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there.

Today is the final day of the Fabric Printing at Home Scavenger Hunt. Today I award the Grand Prize of four fabulous books by Quarry (including Fabric Printing at Home!).

I want to especially thank those of you who participated in the Printing Challenges and also those of you who made some excellent guesses during the Guessing Game Challenges.  I was really inspired by your prints on fabric and paper. I loved all the layering, colors and textures! I had a lot of fun putting this together and hope that you had fun too!

For those of you who did not win today, I hope that you will continue to experiment with kitchen-inspired surface design. I'm always amazed at what a resource the kitchen is for art! Of course, I hope you will purchase your own copy of Fabric Printing at Home...I have lots of great ideas for using kitchen materials...from food wraps to fruit! I also have a free monthly online newsletter dedicated to using the kitchen as a surface design resource. You can sign up for Julie B Booth Surface Design News  in the right-hand column of this blog.

And now for the winner....Congratulations to Elizabeth of PGFiber2Art!! Please email me with your mailing address (threadborn@gmail.com). Quarry will be sending you the Grand Prize soon. Thanks for participating!!

Hope you all continue to "pop" by this blog. Look for more "how-to's" in printing and stitching. Hmm...maybe even a little "summer camp" theme? My mind is always buzzing with ideas!

Day #11: Fabric Printing at Home Scavenger Hunt Update #1

We've made it to Day #11 on the Hunt. It's the FINAL REVEAL DAY! I'm hoping to see some awesome print combinations today. Can you imagine some of your Circle or Line prints combined with Rubbings? I can't wait!

Just a reminder that I'll be keeping this Mix It Up! Challenge along with the Circle, Line, Texture and Rubbing Print Challenges open through noon (Eastern USA time) tomorrow (Sunday, May 10...Mother's Day). Just click on any one of the above highlighted Challenge names and it will take you to the appropriate page. Leave a comment with your blog or Facebook post info and I'll link to your post. If you don't have a blog or Facebook page, email (threadborn@gmail.com) your challenge photos to me and I'll post them.

By taking part in any one of these Printing Challenges, you are eligible to win the following selection of books by Quarry (click on the captions to find out more information about each book):

Playing with Surface Design

Tangle Stitches for Quilters and Fabric Artists

The Paper Playhouse

And, of course...

Fabric Printing at Home

Now for the answers to yesterday's Guessing Game and Giveaway Challenge:

1. Pink: Strips of corrugated cardboard glued to cardboard; Blue circles: empty packing tape roll.

2. Gray and pink background: Rolled strips of corrugated cardboard glued to cardboard; Large blue circles: bottom of empty plastic applesauce container; Black: milk bottle top; Small blue circle in center of black: marker top.

3. Gray: Rolled tubes of paper glued to cardboard; Blue and Pink dots: Bottle cork.

4. Blue background: Lentils glued to cardboard; Pink circles: Top of take-out coffee cup; Black: Milk bottle top followed by C battery.

5. Blue: C Battery;  Pink and gray dots: Pencil eraser.

6. Pink background: Pasta glued to cardboard;  Blue and pink circles: Bottle cork.

How many did you guess correctly? (BTW there were some really great guesses yesterday!)

The winner of the final Guessing Game Giveaway of an X-acto knife with an extra pack of blades is Kathy Kinsella! Congrats! Please send me your mailing address so I can get your prize off to you (threadborn@gmail.com).

Mix It Up! Challenge
Now it's time to see what you've come up with for your Mix It Up Prints! Please leave a comment below with a link to your prints or send me an email (threadborn@gmail.com) and I'll post your photos here. I'll be updating this post until noon (Eastern USA time) Sunday, May 10.

Let's make this last REVEAL DAY a huge color and texture smash!!

Karla has a colorful (beautiful!) album of Mix It Up! fabrics. Thanks for your continued participation, Karla!

Deb B. has a wonderful selection of Mix It Up! fabrics...she really got into the layers! Thanks so much for participating, Deb!


Don't forget that I'll announce the winner of the Grand Prize tomorrow at noon (Eastern USA time). Good luck to all you wonderful participants!!

Day #10: Fabric Printing at Home Scavenger Hunt

It's Day #10 of the Fabric Printing at Home Scavenger Hunt...only two more days left! I really enjoyed seeing yesterday's Reveal of your Rubbings...lots of interesting and colorful prints...some surprises for me..cement? Who woulda thought?! A big thanks to those who participated.

It's not too late for some of you others to Join in the Hunt...and join in the fun. Even though we are on our last challenge (Mix It Up!), I'm keeping all the previous challenges open and will be updating them through Saturday, May 9. So...if you've been on the sidelines and you think you might like to try finding and printing with kitchen/household objects and materials, please give it a try! Here are links to the previous challenges: Circle Prints, Line Prints, Texture Prints, Rubbings. Just leave a comment with a link to your photos and I will link to you in that post. If you don't have a blog or Facebook page, I'm happy to post your photos, just email them to me (threadborn@gmail.com). Remember that taking part in any one of the challenges makes you eligible to win the Grand Prize of four really super books from Quarry (including Fabric Printing at Home!).

Today is the final Guessing Game and Giveaway Challenge. Here are my Mix It Up! prints:

Can you guess what I used? HINT: If you've been following along, you probably recognize most of these items! I decided to add some color to this last series of prints. I also decided to challenge myself to use a color that is NOT normally in my vocabulary...pink!

Leave a comment (even if you don't feel like guessing) and you'll be eligible to win an X-acto knife with an extra packet of #11 blades.

This is one of my "must have" tools for cutting paper, cardboard, plastic film and creating stencils.

An X-acto knife comes in handy for cutting stencils.

I'll be choosing the winner for the X-acto knife tomorrow.

Don't forget that tomorrow is the LAST Reveal Day! Looking forward to seeing your Mix It Up! Prints.

Day #9: Fabric Printing at Home Scavenger Hunt Update #4

It's Day #9 of the Fabric Printing at Home Scavenger Hunt...we're in the home stretch for this event! Hope that you're enjoying seeing the wide variety of prints you can make with everyday items ...a real treasure trove!

Today is also the Reveal Day for your Rubbings! I'm really looking forward to seeing what you found to put under your fabric or paper.

It's now time for me to reveal what I used for my Rubbings in yesterday's post. First, I did want to say how happy I was to see more of you leaving comments...yippee!

Here are some of the items that I put under my fabric to make the Rubbings.

And here are the answers to what I used to make my prints:

1. Netted fruit bag.
2. Bamboo mat
3. Hot glue designs on cardboard
4. Textured plastic placemat
5. Rolled paper tubes glued to cardboard
6. Rubberbands
7. Thumbtacks in cardboard

How many did you guess correctly?

The winner of yesterday's giveaway is Deb B.! Congrats Deb, you won a set of Plastic Spreaders. These are a handy tool for spreading paste resists and for spreading paint for screen printing. Please email me with your mailing address (threadborn@gmail.com) and I'll send you your prize.

Now that you've had a look at my Rubbings (hmm.. that sounds like a "line" from a B-rated movie :) ), I hope that you'll Join the Hunt and create some Rubbings of your own!  Just print your Rubbings on fabric or paper, take a photo and post to your blog or Facebook page. Leave a comment on this blog post with a link to your post. I'll continue to update this post throughout the day so that we can enjoy sharing our prints. If you don't have a blog or Facebook page, send me an email with your printed Rubbings photo(s) and I'll post them here for you.

REMEMBER that taking part in any one of the Printing Challenges makes you eligible to win the Grand Prize of four great books from Quarry (including Fabric Printing at Home)! You can also continue to contribute to any of the previous Printing Challenges (Circle Prints, Line Prints, and Texture Prints). I'll continue to update those posts through Saturday, May 9. The Grand Prize drawing is Sunday, May 10 (Mother's Day).



If you'd like some tips on how to make Rubbings, see my tutorial in yesterday's post.

If you'd like a few additional printing pointers, you can visit the most recent issue of Julie B Booth Surface Design News.

Rubbings Challenge
Thanks for participating in this fourth of five printing challenges! (I'll be updating the links as they come in.)

Sue and Elizabeth of PGFiber2Art jumped right in and did a whole bunch of kitchen Rubbings with Shiva Paintstiks and Color Catchers. My favorites Rubbings are those made with the two graters and the woven trivet...so much potential!!

Karla looks like she had a lot of fun with this Challenge! Lots of interesting items went under her fabrics and nice results! Thanks for playing, Karla.

Stephanie has Joined the Hunt (despite being without water for several hours!)...Welcome! Love what you found for texture prints...cement...who would have thought?

Deb B. has a very colorful selection of Rubbings..love those purple lemon prints!

Check out Linda Stokes' Rubbings on Facebook!

Now for the Final Challenge:
Challenge #5: Mix it Up! Create a Printed Design Using Two or More Kitchen Items.
Please post your Printed Designs on Saturday, May 9th. Leave a comment on my blog post on that day with a link to your prints.

HINT: Here's your opportunity to really have fun! Look at the Circle, Line, Texture and Rubbing prints you've created and consider how two or more could be combined to create a stunning multi-layered piece! Can't wait to see what you come up with!!!

Don't forget tomorrow is the last Guessing Game and Giveaway Challenge...don't miss your chance to win a prize! All you have to do tomorrow is leave a comment!!