I had recently found out about a craft shop in Lemington Spa called Berylune (www.berylune.blogspot.co.uk), whilst mooching around their website I noticed a screen-printing course on the weekend that mum was coming down for the NEC so I decided to book us onto it.
When we woke up, the world was very white!
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| The view when we woke up |
After a few attempts I managed to get the car out of the driveway and we made our careful way to Leamington Spa, found Berylune and started a morning of playing.
Our tutor for the morning was Lara Smith of SewSmith (www.sewsmith.co.uk), we were the only two people on the course so we had her undivided attention which was absolutely lovely.
Firstly, we made our screens. We used an old photo frame for this, which I had never considered before. We pulled our gauze tightly over the frame and stapled it in place, then we covered the edges with masking tape and our frame was complete.
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| Mum listening for the next instruction |
Next, we thought about our design, I had spent a bit of time thinking about mine before hand and had found this picture on the internet
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| Picture I found from http://vintagericrac.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/for-bursar.html |
Which I translated into this
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| My screen; ready to print |
We practiced with another design to start with, along with some talcum powder to make a nice effect
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| My heart bag - the practice |
And then worked on our own design. Mum had decided on a heart and both attempts made a wonderful, clean, image.
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| Mum's tea-towel |
I was nervous as mine was so much more complicated (we had made the eyes from stickers and different sized hole punches and stuck them onto the screen. Although the practice image didn't come out perfectly (the penguins appear to have fingers) but it wasn't too bad and I was quite pleased.
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| My practice run - penguins with fingers! |
Lara did some quick touch up's to my screen and the second attempt was much more successful.
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| Final screen-printed penguins |
I came away from the day very happy with my collection and eager to try more screen-printing at home.
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| My collection |
My afternoon was spent wandering around the quirky shops of Leamington while mum attended a last minute needle felting workshop. My prize purchase of the day was a foot warmer which I thought was a bargain at £3.50.
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| My bargain foot warmer |
Our Sunday was much more quiet as we helped mum to pack her bag and then dropped her off at the airport for her quick hop up to Scotland. Hopefully we will get to have another crafty weekend soon.
Love,
Mrs Jones
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