a bit o' red

of course, i couldn't do all this printing without using red...

result!

well, these are rather quickly done - i managed a total of about 30 minutes printing, tops. it was nice and quick and clean-up was also easy, so just goes to show it needn't be a hassle.

i made a slight mistake with my screen - i put two photocopies of the same design together, and of course, it's about 2 mm out, so there's a bit of a stripey gap in the middle of the print which is a bugger, but a lesson learned for next time. i obviously need to experiment more, but i need a whole lump of time to do it, something that's unlikely to happen in the summers holidays! i mixed the ink myself, it's a lovely light seafoamy turquoise colour and there's plenty to make some bits and bobs with...anyway, gotta fly, ill child screeching.

i'm all of a dither...

i've had a big thermofax screen made of my totem design...i can't wait to get started, will post the results as soon as they're done. hopefully this afternoon if i can get some screen time, but after i've watched murder she wrote, obviously.

the expanded square

in the june/july issue of quilting arts magazine, jane dunnewold has written a really interesting article about the expanded square. it's really worth a read, and they're so addictive to make! i'm thinking of turning this into a thermofax screen, but if you want to see some work by a exacto knife pro, check out the skinny laminx blog, especially her new summer weeds print. crikey, what a lot of links, go forth and explore!