Berry Ava Blanket {finished}

So, I finally finished the "Berry Ava" Baby Blanket! Yay! Even though there are obvious flaws when it came to the printing with the embroidery hoop and modge podge, I must say that I love the outcome! I kept it simple and sewed on a pre-quilted chocolate brown baking to the fabric. It looks great and I hope baby finds comfort within it! I could not resist adding in the "handmade with love" tag, which will do for now until I feel worthy of a professional Crafty Hues tag..LOL. Ok, things will still be sporadic as I am due this Sunday and may have to be induced sometime next week if she does not arrive on her own.

Baby Blanket Sneak Peek: Berry Ava Fabric

So, last night I decided to muster up the courage to go ahead and print one of the fabrics that I will use in the baby blanket for our little girl who is due next month. I really have been putting it off, as I did not want to TOTALLY screw it up as I did not have money in the budget to buy more fabric. Nevertheless, I VERY much consider this a practice run as I am still using the hoop screens and modge podge(which explains the random smudges and pinholes...LOL). I think with my next print I will go ahead and use a true screen, but for this project, I will continue with this print.

I do have one question...How do I prevent my screen from picking up ink if it is laying on top of the print next to it..should I print every other row and let dry and then print in between or do I just wipe after each print..any suggestions?

As I was reading the lovely and might I say very resourceful blog Celestina Carmen, which is a blog about screenprinting, sewing, & crafting; I learned that I should really raise my screen just a bit from direct contact to the fabric to help prevent smudging so I will definitely be experimenting with that soon. Also, I failed to use a fixative in my ink, so I have to be sure to order some to help my color set better. Nevertheless I am pleased with the design and can really see this motif in lots of different things. I call it Berry Ava because our little girls middle name will be Ava!

So, I just wanted to quickly share my progress. I must say that screenprinting while pregnant can be a bit of a challenge!: I will be back some time next week and will post pics of the completed blanket. It really won't be to complicated...quite simple really. Ok, thanks for listening and I will be back soon! Happy creating!

Print One {it's a start}

So, today I finally broke open some paint a long with a simple DIY screen. I used a hoop, some voile and modge podge to make my screen for this, as I was just practicing and I did not want to ruin good material! So anyhow, this is what became of it. I like the colors...the print could be a lot better, but it was good enough to make a cute little pillow for our couch. Nevertheless, I plan on ordering some fabric dye/paint as this was plain old acrylic screen printing paint. So, at least it's a start, considering I have not printed in a long long time! Be back soon with print two. My goal is to keep sharing prints and hopefully as I go, the prints and color theory will become more refined with each one!

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