tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436421032239107606.post4180997790810352166..comments2024-03-29T00:41:19.063-04:00Comments on This blog is no longer active but all our content is still here and accessible.: Screen Printing--A Bit of Success and Dismal Failure/Quilter BethQuilt or Dyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194932090799851056noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436421032239107606.post-42934645199602927412011-06-20T16:42:50.079-04:002011-06-20T16:42:50.079-04:00Been viewing a DVD on fugitive medium and screeni...Been viewing a DVD on fugitive medium and screening. Two pieces of advice were to make sure your fugitive medium was not too thick on the fabric before you screen it. That prevents the textile medium from soaking through the fugitive medium into the fabric and really bonding it together. The other recommendation was when putting the fugitive medium on the screen, to place it on very very heavy so you get multiple prints when you squeegee with the textile medium.Quilt or Dyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194932090799851056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436421032239107606.post-17198271075030346722011-06-13T11:12:39.184-04:002011-06-13T11:12:39.184-04:00Yes, I did iron the fabric after screen printing. ...Yes, I did iron the fabric after screen printing. <br /><br />As for ironing the freezer paper to the screen...it isn't any problem. Maybe that is the preferred method with freezer paper because the wax tends to repel the paint. I don't worry too much about damaging the screen; because in Jane Dunnewold's class, she showed us how to rescreen a frame with inexpensive window sheer fabric. It is VERY easy and inexpensive.Quilter Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692414632379402401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436421032239107606.post-73140869497457126182011-06-13T08:48:38.787-04:002011-06-13T08:48:38.787-04:00Beth,
I liked your stencil but I am totally freake...Beth,<br />I liked your stencil but I am totally freaked at the idea of using an iron on my screen. Can't you get the same effect by just laying your screen over the stencil? The first pull of ink/paint/thickened dye will cause the stencil to adhere to the screen.<br /><br />I am really disappointed with the immigrant medium results. Did you iron the fabric to set the medium before you washed the fabric? That technique is on my list to try this weekend. I'll let you know if my results are any different.<br /><br />Yep, Beth from Maine and I tried the low relief silk screen technique over the weekend. After several false starts, I finally got a good direct print, shadow print, and reverse print. Pictures to follow soon.<br /><br />I want to try it again with thickened dye rather than paint. And I don't know if the results are worth the work cleaning the screen. I think I can get the same effect from a monoprint and forget the screen altogether. I'll be trying that too this weekend.Quilt or Dyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194932090799851056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436421032239107606.post-63698233484911752792011-06-13T05:59:43.116-04:002011-06-13T05:59:43.116-04:00I like your stencil. Judith (Quiltordye) and I had...I like your stencil. Judith (Quiltordye) and I had some frustrations trying a "low relief screen printing" technique that I saw on the internet. Yesterday she went back and read the directions again and understood them differently than I did. She had much more success the next day. Maybe she will post the pics.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095809082494749979noreply@blogger.com