Are you one of those DIY lovers who just love creating impressions on fabrics, paper, or any other surface using wooden stamps? We have got a step by step process for you to keep them safe. This post covers:
1. Composition of wooden blocks
2. Making
3. Post printing care
Wooden blocks after fabric printing
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Latest from DesiCrafts workshop – Indigo shibori hand dyed fabrics were made. Planning to use them and many others for making new pillow covers for our pillow section.
Hand dyed Indigo Shibori by DesiCrafts
Very soon you will witness pillow covers made of these beautiful hand dyed fabric pieces.
Hand dyed Indigo Shibori by DesiCrafts – Assorted set of Indigo dyed fabris
Hand dyed Indigo Shibori by DesiCrafts – Assorted set of Indigo dyed fabris
“Ih phulkari meri maan ne kadhi, iss noo ghut ghut japhiyan paawan”
(“My dear mother has embroidered this phulkari with her hands, I embrace it again and again with affection) These are lines from a traditional Punjabi song in which a woman is admiring her Phulkari dupatta. The woman had to to leave her parent’s house after getting married, and now she remembers her mother who has embroidered this dupatta for her wedding day.
We were in Punjab recently and have collected some Phulkari treasure made by rural women of Punjab.
The fabric that we’ve featured here are hand embroidered by ladies in Punjab. The embroidery on these fabrics is known as ‘Phulkari’ or ‘Phoolkari’ (dev nagri फुलकारी ) which means the art of making flowers.
Although, Phulkari is done over a thick cotton fabric, we have used pure silk fabrics for these sample pieces. Keep visiting to know more about this art and while we write another blog post on Phulkari, please enjoy a wikipedia article about this art here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phulkari
Liked this post so much that we are forced to copy and paste it as it is. The original post appeared here: http://www.artfire.com/nosh/yarn-bombing/
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Learn how to yarn bomb!
This entry is brought to you thanks to the wonderful Lisa Roden.
First, you need the inspiration. Find some awesome pictures of yarn bombing all around the country in this fabulous Pinterest board. Just click on the image.
Learn a plethora of yarn bombing ideas and stitch patterns from this fabulous Pinterest board!
“How do I even choose what I want to yarn bomb?” you may be asking yourself, well click on the image below for some great tips & tutorials.
Learn important tips and tricks about yarn bombing from this tutorial.
Perhaps you’d like to do some light reading about the subject before you go out and “bomb” the streets, well there’s something for you too.
Read about yarn bombing from the pros who do it on the daily. Patterns included!
Ishknits about to Yarn Bomb an out-of-order public phone.
Now that you know all about yarn bombing it’s time for you to get started. Lucky for you, ArtFire has a great variety of instructional books & materials for incredibly low prices. Check some of them out below, just click on the images.
Iron ore is used to make the black dye. The ore is powdered and boiled to make a solution. Process of cooling and filtering is involved while making all vegetable dyes. When the dye is ready, it is directly applied onto the pattern using a pen or a wooden block.
Natural Indigo crystals are powdered and boiled to make a solution. The outcome of the color totally depends on the amount of the Indigo use while making the solution. It also depends on the viscocity of the solution. If one is making mauve color, one should use Indigo in lesser amount. ProfessionalDye makers weigh their contents before making the dye. It helps them obtaining exactly same color as they used for printing last time.
Flower from the tree of Palash (scientific name Butea monosperma) is used to make vegetable dye color. In India, Palash flower is also used for making colors for playing Holi (a festival in north India).
Flower petals are soaked in a bucket full of water before making color
The petals then start releasing the color and you can say so when you see the color of the water in the bucket changing.This is the right time to take the petals out for grinding.
Selective collection of flower petals for making vegetable color
Wet petals are finely ground and left in the shade for drying. This ground paste is not kept directly under the sun as harsh sun can take away the color of the paste leaving the useless, colorless chips of the dried paste behind.When the paste is dried, another round grinding is required.
The wet petals are then crushed finely and dried under shade before following another round of grinding
The powder is then filtered using a fine muslin cloth. It gives the finest powder color. Rest of the powder which still has big and small pieces in it, is grounded until it turns into fine powder. Now the powder color is ready, it is used as a solution with alum for printing fabrics, as and when required.
Kids in an Indian NGO “KarmMarg” are preparing vegetable colors for playing Holi
Which flower is used to obtain what color –
Can’t wait to share this lovely pillow cover. This is made using Ghada fabric ( a type of unbleached, organic cotton fabric in thick texture) This fabric is widely used in making Kalamkari prints and we decided to make some block print pillows using this for a simple reason – the fabric looks awesome and it is organic. If you remember an old post about Fabric Block Printing on DesiCrafts blog, you will find this motif very familiar 🙂
Vegetable dye – violet color preparation for block printing
Border of the table cover is being prepared
Border of the table cover is being prepared
An unfinished hand block printed table cover in violet floral and geometrical print
A hand block printed table cover in lavender and white
This is how we printed the border of the table cover
We used two different wooden stamps to print this cotton fabric
Treating of the fabric after overnight drying
These are hand printed fabrics on cloth stand, left for drying.
#handblockprinted #tableclothes for #desicrafts #summercollection on #Etsy
These pictures are showing the whole process of making the gorgeous table covers for our home furnishing range. After drying, hamming will be done to give the border a final finish and these pieces will be ironed and packed properly. These table covers will be available for order soon via our website. http://www.desicraftshop.com
These are hand carved wooden stamps from South Africa, we recently procured from one of our suppliers. We don’t know when, but we plan to make some really serious organic fabric using these wooden stamps 😉
These will be printed on order. We use plain white cotton, colored cotton, Ahimsa or Khadi fabric, organic cotton fabric, muslin fabric and pure silks for printing. Choose the color and pattern and write to us at info@desicraftshop.com to place an order.
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| Raj paisley with an African twist |
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| Hand carved big size paisley stamp from South Africa |
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| Looks like hemp flower – its better to call it floral carving stamp |
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| This one looks like an African parrot |
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| This must be a crocodile |
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| Small flower |
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| This is definetely a horse. We are going to make some beautiful fabrics using this one 😀 |
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| Looks like an eagle. Could be a parrot too! |
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| Ah yes! This is a peacock 😛 |
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| This is elle – belly Elephant 😛 |
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| This is a nice design for making borders and filling the odd spaces |
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| Lucky turtle will bring us more luck |
Organic cotton fabric with fish block print
Organic cotton fabric with fish block print
Organic cotton fabric with floral block print
Handmade cotton – printed fabric from India
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