Black elefant...

Okay, no octopus. No tentacle... hm... at least no real tentacle...?

This stencil is one of my first but I couldn't show it due to "delivery" problems. It was a birthday present for a friend of mine.

I had some problems with the structure / texture of the paint. Not sure why because it never occured again although I did not chance any details in the process... mh...

Mh... next time violett on white fabric...

The different colours are due to the time the pictures were taken... at night / daylight and... I have to confess *blush* without white light correction....

Get the octopus on the dress!

First impressions!

Lachafas turqoise octopus!

The last pictures will be made tomorrow... at a time point when there is some daylight back! But before that just some pictures of the process. This time the octopus is a turqoise one and to be painted on a dress of Lachafa. I glued just two freezer papers together for getting the right size (no, I just have the DinA4 size here... and it is the only size I can get easily with amazon....).

The stencil made out of freezer paper... and a new blade for the cutting knife again (I can count just one per stencil :( ...)

Preperation of the dress with the stencil for painting...

Do you see tentacles...?

Lachafa wanted another tentacle stuff on the shoulder part of the dress. It is a tentacle with to ends... on at the front and one at the back... and never forget to add all the little suckers!

Leftovers... (yes... still only one time usable...)

More octo pattern....!

Using inkskape (first try... hum...) to vectorize an octopus (the one from the last pillow)... and making patterns out of it... just like cloning in the lab... they are getting more and more and more....!

Octopus envelope

The next one, this time not a normal size but something about 13,5 x 13,5 cm... mh...

This is a printed copy of the digitalised image of my new octopus painting. Just in b/w with a higher contrast setting with a laser printer... (no special quality...)

I really like the result :)

Time to write!

I think in the future I will put some of the prints an fabric with spoonflower! Hach... That would be great to get my own design on fabric! So many ideas... (with so less time ^^)

Small monster pattern!

After using the image created of my small tentacle rubber stamp I though the small monster (or whatever it is) would also be suitable for a paper pattern... ;)

So here it goes! The small monster pattern... soon going to be used for envelopes and other stuff :)

Octopus pillow... (stencil one)

The next octopus pillow... this time I used freezer paper for the stencil / pattern. I don't know, how could I ever live without freezer paper? I simply love it! And thanks for fast and cheap shippings over the ocean ^^

Like every one... not for myself... although I also want to have one! Maybe with the freezer paper I'll craft some of these stuff for myself ^^

My working space... you see, it's just sticking great to the fabric after ironing... even the small details like the eye... hach...!

Sometimes it won't take much to be happy. Just some strange paper!

(fabric is washed and ironed before sewing, fabric is black cotton, I just made a pillow with a flap closure...)

Good night project - envelope with tentacles...!

Now and then I have just an idea what I want to create. Like thinking of envelope lately. I just searched for some old maps in the internet, printed them out (DinA4). A little cutting for adjusting the size... folding it... put some water paint on it...

(the old ones we all had in school with every colour going to some shade of brown because they were all messed up with each other...)

..that would have been enough. But never suspecting it (yes.. I am a bad liar... ^^)... somehow it won't look finished without a tentacle. It is just like thinking .oO(Oh, that's nice. But it would be a lot nicer with a tentacle on it!). Belief me, this though is really occuring with nearly everything. Paintings, sculptures, clothing, furniture, stamps... envelopes...

At least it is easy and a fast project for a good night! ;)

The tentacle on the front is made out of these colour cards you get at the hardware store as examples for wall paints and stuff like that.

Yes, I love to use colours in my flat... but I also love to use these cards for handicraft ;)

...pscht! Don't tell anybody!

Stuff testing on a fabric bag

Just for testing and playing a little bit.

The cat pattern is not mine. I got some pictures files from a friend but she couldn't really say where she found them. Just something like... in the internet...? So I am sorry I can't tell where it is from :(

I like the pattern with the black fabric paint on it. Thinking about using it as a card or something...

Or to get this effect on the fabric, not on the pattern ^^

The question whether to mount the stamps (foamed rubber ones...) direct on wood or with a plastic foil in between got an answer: Direct. With the foil I lost the tiny claw tracks.. *sniff*

Octopus T-shirt - paper pattern

This was a birthday present. I am not exactly sure which devil went in me but I wanted an octopus made with a paper pattern. Okay, I still want one for myself but I don't think I am doing one of this anytime again soon. No.

This paper pattern could only be used once because with the paint and the really thin conections it broke just after adding the paint. Grrrr....

And cutting all the little suckers on the tentacles made no fun. Not at all... especially for a one-time-only pattern.

Here the pattern: It was design that the main object is on the back and the tentacles will go around both sides of the T-shirt. You can se the bend on the patchwork paper(s) on both sides.

Here the result with true colour (but not sharp... *sniff* but I run out of patience...)

And some flaslight added ^^ No true colour anymore but at least a little bit sharper outlines.

Octopus... Tentacles... all you need ;)

Crow pattern - T-shirt

To use the paper pattern on a T-shirt is quite different compared to the fabrics I tested. The fabric of the T-shirt is really thin and it absorbs the paint really fast! One has to be a lot more careful otherwise the details will smear in each other.

The small spots where a little bit red fabric showed through the black colour I just painted ober using a brush. Now just let it air dry and tomorrow I will iron it for fixation of the colour.

This time I fixed the pattern a little bit with adhesive tape. It won't stuck very strong but enough to be a little help to be sure everything stays in place and it's easy to remove while the paint is still wet.

Under the paper you can see the outline of the cardboard inside the T-shirt.

With a little bit more light: But so one can see the details. The outline is really sharp with this method! Only the right claw is a little bit smeared... but I hope nobody will notice without myself telling it ;)

But this picture gives a more real image of the colour of the T-shirt. A dark red...!

Just more pictures of the same image... but I couldn't decide ^^

Owl pattern of fabric

Wrong time doing stuff like this... really wrong time... one should be asleep.

But sometimes that's not quite possible, to much going around in the head. So if not the time for sleeping than at least for working a little bit on ufos...

Here are the owls on fabric :)

I used some really cremy, sticky fabric paint in black. It's great because it won't flow into the fabric, it just stays at the point you are painting. It's fiaxble, washable, etc... but... and this spoils the fun more than a little bit: it's expensive. Everything you buy in a craft store in germany is just... so expensive.. yuck! The same with fabrics, it's cheaper to buy finished cloths than the basic fabrics. *sniff*

Okay, the sniffing is maybe another side effect of getting no sleep. Enough... here are my owl fabrics with the used pattern, first round, black on somewhat off-white linen (this fabric is a leftover of another project).

Going to be a "Mitbringsel" (means a little-bring-along-gift) for brunch on sunday. :)

And here my tools: fabric paint, some platic lid, a little piece of a dish sponge... :)

Paper cuts - owl pattern

Some more pattern, this time a run of owls... They are not so nice like the crows. Their headform is a little bit more difficult or sometimes "blurs" the shape. Netherless, seeing them all together I still like them!

Time to get all the stuff on fabric!

.oO(...finally... sometime... anytime... grmphs...)