Thursday 18th Ocotober - Screen Printing 2

The designs I had previously done with Danielle - the small squares of different lines and patterns had also been put onto a screen at the same time that the large drawing I had done had been, but I hadn't got round to actually printing with it. This time, I had more access to different fabrics, and this gave me the chance to take my work that little bit further.
I cut out a flower shape from a magazine page photocopy as the lines and patterns I had drawn were in square boxes, and would have looked boring if I had printed lots of suqares. I put the cut out of the flower shape on the paper or fabric where I would print it, and this way, the design was printed in the shape of the flower.

I did quite a few of these, as well as some in the square shape. I ended up with a whole load of prints after I cut them out, and I didn't know what to do with them.
In the afternoon, Danielle showed me a way of almost condensing them down. This was to sew 2 or 3 of them together in the shape of the flower I had printed on them, or in any other shape I wanted. I could also sew shapes inside shapes. Then, the idea was to cut into the shapes and cut away one layer of fabric so the fabric underneath was visible in the shape that has been sewn. It was kind of time consuming, but I liked the way it looked and decided to do it to all of them.
Another way of putting a couple of pieces of fabric together is to use Bondawebb. It's almost like a fabric glue. I ironed it onto the back of 1 flower, then peeled it off. It left a residue. I then ironed that flower onto another so then if I were to sew that onto something else, it wouldn't move.
I also sewed into one of the prints of the larger drawing using blue thread to make it stand out. I tried not to sew into it too much so the actual print would still stand out.