The back of cross cut circles

Here is the back of cross cut circles painted with Jacquard fabric paint through a thermofax screen. The picture above is a picture of the whole back and the picture below is a close up of the texture.



the one sad thing is that I was washing the screen to get the paint out in the bathroom sink and the drain plug caught on the screen and tore it. I have saved the photocopy it was made from so I only have to send it off to make another one. SIGH I learned something new today- don't wash your screen in the sink - use a tub with no sharp edges!

This has to dry for 24 hours and then be heat set so it won't wash out. Then it will be ready to bind and hang. I accomplished my goal of hiding my quilting stitches on the back! And I learned that I really liked my screen. It was an experiment and it is always nice when these turn out well.

I have decided to not embellish this piece. I think it will take away from the point of the quilt. It is fine like it is and I am happy.

Plus I am ready to move onto new things.

I have three yards of blue fabic I brought back from my class with Leslie Morgan and Claire Benn in October that I have been waiting to get to manipulate more.

Next up I am going to make a pot of print paste for tomorrow.
For my non- quilting friends:
Print paste is made with a seaweed product (sodium alginate). You mix it with water and let sit overnight. It is like thick yogurt or rubber cement in consistency. I can add fabric dye to the paste and then use it to screen print or I can add the discharge crystals to the print paste and take color out of already dyed fabric. If i use a screen print to discharge then I get a pattern of lighter color on a piece of fabric. Normally to dye fabric you add the powder to water and soak the fabric in the solution over night. For screen printing use use the same dye powder but different chemicals to thicken it up.

Until next time