The creative journey....



Thursday, 2 January 2014

Hand Printed Cushions

I hope that you all had a great Christmas and New Year!

A new year a new project for me and my deadline is tight which is one of the reasons I am very cross with myself! What's the saying, "Less haste, more speed!" I don't like negative posts as I am a positive person and negativity is never productive but a problem shared and all that...

A Lesson Learned:

Always Plan Thoroughly!

I have been making hand printed fabric for some prototype cushions and took time to sew the cushions first, adding piping and everything, printed on lovely 100% linen!

Because I decided to make envelope cushions I had a nice thick seam on the back which would cross where the image would be printed. If I had planned and printed first this would have been avoided! I should know better-slaps back of the hand! Well, in reality I can make another and mistakes are there to be learnt from but time lost I can't get back. Hopefully others can learn from my mistake!

unacceptable uneven image
On the upside I was able to print some other images onto fabric... on a natural mixed cotton:
3 pigeons in plum


Watch this space as I will be printing more of the Red Doves until I am completely happy with the result.

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