Beginnings of a tea towel
February 11, 2010
In a moment of inspiration from the supremely talented Tania (Myrtle & Eunice), I signed up for Soozs tea towel swap. Love a good swap, I do. I had all sorts of grand plans for screen printing but then I had a change of heart. I’ve been very into stamps for a while now but just haven’t really managed to do anything crafty with them. I remembered that Dudley Redhead had little sets of blocks and carving tools on her stand at Sitches and Craft back in August and I quizzed her about stamping on fabric. It seems the Japanese do it all the time.
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So my current plan is to try my hand at stamping on linen tea towels. Well I’m going to have a go… and if it all turns pear shaped I’ll go back to the nice people who make a stamp for you from an illustrator file. I have 10 tea towel blanks to play with and just have to hope at least one of them is decent enough for a swap. I’m thinking owls, but this could also turn to mushrooms as well, given my mushroom fetish at the mo.
Hello. My name is Claire. I have a sock toy addiction. It began two years ago when I was pregnant and nesting. At first I dismissed it. I hadn't sewn in years. "Craft Schmaft" I said. Well it seems this crafty thing is here to stay. This blog brings you the delights of making sock softies, fabric finds and crafty inspiration from round the interweb.
February 11, 2010 at 7:25 PM
Oh you can’t fail with owls!! I did hand stamping or as i call it ‘poor man’s screen printing’ today & to avoid the effort of making a perfect pattern, i go for a bit of a random look. Works nicely on clothes!! Love Posie
February 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM
EEK! Suffering from serious mental tea towel block over here. Things are obviously a whole lot better in your neck of the woods. Go owls!
February 11, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Those little owlies are just adorable – and your little sock owls are super cute too! LOVE them all!
February 12, 2010 at 7:11 AM
awww thanks Christine.
February 11, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Ok, so obviously I need to get my butt into gear. But I find I work best under pressure, so I might hold off starting on my tea towels until the night before they need to be posted! No, I’m joking. Maybe. Ok, I’ll probably start the week before I need to send them.
Oh bother.
February 13, 2010 at 7:42 AM
it’d going to look super Claire, I love those owls!
February 13, 2010 at 5:07 PM
the owl stamped tea towel looks like a good idea. Good luck!
February 14, 2010 at 7:01 AM
What a great reason to get stamping Claire. I bet your owls (or mushies) stamp up just fine.
February 17, 2010 at 6:39 AM
I like the idea of the owl tea towel. Craft Schmaft might just have a new range!! xo Steph
March 7, 2010 at 1:22 PM
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