Thermofax Play Day...

The Play Day Girls

got together today...

We were way overdue for a day of fun !

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We pulled out the Versatex Screen Printing Inks...

We went right to work printing with

Thermofax Screens...

Nancy sunprinted this black piece...

today she over-printed it with tiny circles of pearl ink

She over-printed it again...

with tiny circles of black ink

Kathi created thermofax screens with census reports...

she over-printed them with a sunflower screen

Census Screen & Sunflower Screen

I screened tiny dots with pearl ink

on this gorgeous pink fabric.

yummy !

Poppy Pod Screen

The screen was created from a photo of poppies

Lots of great background pieces,

as well as pieces with a focal point.

Coneflower Screen

Bird Screen

The prints are piling up...

The metallic inks are wonderful on dark, rich fabrics

Metallic Inks on dark, rich blue fabrics

Metallic Gold Ink

Sunflower

Our Thermofax Play Day was so successful

and so much fun...

it was difficult to stop printing and end the day.

Most of our screens were created from our photographs.

You can have your screens made HERE

We made plans to play with

Photo Emulsion Screens next time!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Thermofax Screen Printing........Play Day

Today is the day...

Playing with Thermofax Screen Printing

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Versatex Screen Printing Inks

They leave the hand of the fabric very soft.

Thermofax Screens, Squeegees & Bondo Scrapers

The table is set for......FUN !

This is an image of a metal tree grate I took in

Lake Tahoe last year...

Here is the tree grate as a Thermofax Screen...

Time to make our first print:

Loading the well with gold Versatex...

Drawing a fabric squeegee across the screen...

Taking a peek at the print...

Very happy with the print...

The gold Versatex is great on dark fabrics.

I took this image of an old wooden box at an antique auction

last year...

Here is the image as a thermofax screen...

I chose brown Versatex for printing...

Here is the wooden box image printed on fabric...

With gold Versatex, I added stars on top of the box print.

Great layered look and texture.

This is a photo of rusty culvert screens piled up in our barn lot

This is the culvert screens printed on rusted fabric.

I took this image of a Ponderosa Pine Tree

in Lake Tahoe last year...

Here is the Ponderosa Bark printed with Pearl Versatex

on dark blue batik...

It looks like lace.

I plan to cut this into strips and border a small quilt with it.

This is a commercial screen I purchased from

Lynn Krawczyk

fibraartysta

Lynn created custom screens from my original photos.

She was a delight to work with and helped me choose which of my images were most suitable for thermofax screens.

The yellow fabric is a commercial print.

I screen printed with 2 of Lynn's screens on top of it.

This was a really ugly clean up cloth.

The red squares printed on top

really brought this back from the dead.

Kathi, my play mate, is printing on a dark batik fabric

with the pearl versatex screen ink.

I took this photo of Poppy Pods two summers ago

during a Quilts in Gardens Tour

Poppy Pods

Printed on Fabric

By the looks of it...

This was an extra fun Play Day !

Now it's time to clean up...

This was our very FIRST time experimenting with

Thermofax Screens.

Yes, we plan on playing some more with them...

I will keep you posted.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn