WELCOME TO VISITORS FROM 3CREATIVESTUDIOS

 GUEST ARTIST FOR JANUARY 2011 - SHELAGH FOLGATE

TOM - TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH = TRANSFER PRINTING

OVER ON 3CS there is a FREE TECHNIQUE & an offer of a reduced price workshop - check it out - its FREE

Then please return here:  Below is a TUTORIAL on using TRANSFER CRAYONS

In addition there will be further tutorials on using TRANSFER PAINTS & DISPERSE DYES & FABRIC CRAYONS

Please  visit my ETSY SHOP or my BIGCARTEL SHOP to see other E Patterns for sale

Including a special deal for 3CS members

Coming soon is TRANSFER PAINTING - TAKING IT FURTHER - add my site as a favourite to see the launch of this workshop

USING TRANSFER CRAYONS TUTORIAL

AT THE TOP OF THIS POST IS AN IMAGE OF WINNIE THE POOH

I found a copyfree image & crayoned in the colours, exactly the same as with normal crayons, colour within the lines.  Then outline the edges with black.

• The crayons can be shapened with a normal pencil sharpener or with a craft knife
• Make sure that you get rid of any 'bits' of crayon from your image especially around the edges - remember that EVERYTHING - even little bits will transfer & large bits will make BLOBs

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON 3CS ON HOW TO TRANSFER onto fabric

TRANSFER PRINTING - WITH RUBBINGS

• Create a RUBBING BOARD.  TO DO THIS USE stiff CARD OR CARDBOARD. CUT a base board to the required size
• CUT shapes - use basic geometric shapes to start with - out of thick stiff card.
• GLUE these shapes to the base board
• Leave to dry
• REFER to the 3CS tutorial re types of paper to use for transfering or purchase my workshop

• Lay a sheet of scrap paper onto a flat surface
• Lay your rubbing board FACE UP on top of the scrap paper
• Lay chosen transfer paper on top of the rubbing board & using masking tape secure the transfer paper to the scrap paper
• The image shows the CRAYOLA crayons & the taped paper & rubbing board

For this tutorial I have chosen to use the following colours, in this order

BLUE random squiggles

 

PURPLE tighter squiggles

Black heavy squiggles, this is now defining the shapes

I then added YELLOW around the shapes









Below is the transferred image on the left hand side & the coloured paper (in reverse) on the right hand side

I have transferred to 100% polyester satin cream fabric

STUNNING & JUST FROM A FEW CRAYONS

Dont forget to sign up on 3CS, have a look at my workshops & return here for further tutorials
Also please read (and join:-) THE SMASHEES, a series of 8 E Pattern workshops.  On joining you will receive December & January FULL workshops, the other arrive one a month until July
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