Happy Monday everyone! I am tickled all the shades of the rainbow today to be part of Lynn Krawczyk’s blog hop for her new video! Honestly to say it is just a video sells this one short. This is a class in a box. A class you can watch over and over again as you try out all the ideas and techniques that Lynn shares with you.
By the time you are done you will understand the beauty of why thermofax makes for fast and easy screen printing that frees you up from all the bulky and messy (and expensive) parts of traditional screen printing.
Lynn sent me two great screens to play with and I used fabric paint that I had on hand. Since I have a large project going on in my sewing room I decided to clear some room in the kitchen to work.
I covered the counter with a piece of batting and then my secret weapon for fast clean up – yes Glad Preen’nSeal! I LOVE this stuff. It holds in place just about anywhere and as I change colors I just lay down more layers of it to keep cross paint contact to a minimum!
While there are lots of add ons you can get for screen printing with thermofax you can also just use a simple foam brush to get started making this an affordable way to dip your toe in the world of screen printing!
A simple swipe of the paint across the screen and you are printing! With time you will learn how much pressure to use but I also encourage you to embrace the imperfections of the craft, they really add so much to a project.
I only had a couple of colors on hand so am not crazy wild about how this rose color looked on top of the teal but I think you can get how cool this is to do. You can also see why putting down a protective layer of Press’n Seal lets you work your images off the side of the fabric which can be quite cool. 
While I love the typewriter screen, I was rather pleased with the outcome from the astro burst on linen and can see a lot of uses for this in my future. 
If you want to learn a bit more before you dive in check out Lynn’s shop at Smudged Design Studio But if like me you want to jump in, fling some paint and start thermofax printing by the end of the week.. CLICK HERE.
Can’t wait? give it to me – I WANT IT NOW?… got you covered there as well. Lynn’s video is available for download from Interweave Press! <—- click there to make it yours!
But wait wait, there is MORE….. a full week of fun is on tap for you and the place to find all the details and links is on Lynn’s very own blog which you can find right here —> Smudged Design Studio Blog
Love the look of handmade and printed fabric but don’t have the time? Check out Lynn’s amazing fabric at SPOOL
