Art is not my strong point – I always lean more towards textiles.  And last night’s Brown Owl’s project was a little arty!  But so much fun – I’d never have had a go at textile printing without Kirsty and Pip to organise things and cheer me on – and it was great.  A lovely way to move out of my comfort zone!

Gemma told us all what we needed to do and showed us some that she had prepared earlier.  We made stamps from self-adhesive rubber (a bit like mouse pads, but with adhesive on one side) to our own design – which was the hardest part for me of course, coming up with something artistic and creative.  In the end I borrowed an applique image from one of the Brown Owls craft books.  Once cut out, we adhered the stamps to half of a CD or DVD case.  The use of recycled materials was fantastic – three cheers to Kirsty for thinking of such original ways to reuse what would have otherwise been waste materials.  Next step was to have a practice on some waste fabric to get the paint consistency right.  I really like my practice piece though – I’m going to use it in something I make at a later date!  And then it was on to printing on a singlet.

Not too bad for a novice, I reckon!  There are more photos around the blogs and over here.  I brought my stamp and some left-over paint home and Clare is chomping at the bit to have a go at fabric printing herself.  Yay for Brown Owls!