I've scored myself a bit of bonus working time today as my littlest one crashed into a very-rare-these-days nap right after dropping her sister and three friends off at kinder. We do a childcare swap with three other kinder mums and so Wednesdays are my busiest day with two extra kids arriving around 8:45am and another joining us for lunch and the short walk to kinder. By the time I get all four (plus the 2 year old) fed, into shoes and hats and sunscreen, with their snack bags, kinder bags and drink bottles, out the door and ushered to kinder, signed all four of them in and made my exit, I am pretty happy just to have one kid to deal with so you can imagine my extreme delight that the one kid is now asleep and I have some time to relax (and actually think whole thoughts. and drink coffee and eat lunch).
So anyway, the photo above has nothing to do with what I'm up to this afternoon, it's an Instagram from a couple of weeks but I like to have a bit of pretty in a post so it will do. I'm actually planning on wrapping up the 10 or so orders that have come in over the past couple of days (thank you, lovely people!!) and then getting down to planning my contribution to Handprinted: a fabric swap III. I ordered some EziCut stencil material months ago and haven't even taken it out of the package yet so I'd like to come up with a design to try it out and this seems like the perfect excuse. Although I haven't played with my block making stuff for a very long time either... Decisions, decisions... What are you guys working on?
I printed my fat quarters today for the swap. I used some easy carve lino rubber for the first time, and it was such fun. I have printed my design onto the fat quarters, and I like the 'not perfect-ness' the lino block printing gives. Lots of little marks, and uneven ink. Most definitely hand printed!
ReplyDeletel'm thinking about try something with drawing fluid,l haven't used it before.
ReplyDeleteI've just received some freezer paper to try as an iron on stencil, so we'll see how that goes! Looking forward to swapping fabric x
ReplyDeleteI'm sketching designs over breakfast, and then I think I will try out stamping with craft foam on plexiglass when I get back from class today or tomorrow. I'm excited to see what everyone comes up with, but the swap is becoming intimidating!
ReplyDeletehurray for long naps. i am bitterweetly over that stage, but all my kids are off to school and uni on wednesdays - so i am thinking about what to do for my fabric swap and planning a trip to the fabric and art supply stores for some supplies and inspiration. hope you got heaps done while your baby slept.
ReplyDeleteA busy day!! well done with the child organising and what a treat to have some time to yourself. I am having lots of fun with my handprinting. Should we keep photos secret so as not to give away what we are giving away?! Suz
ReplyDeleteHow lovely :) I haven't started with my print swap yet either but I'm thinking of block printing. Hope you got loads done :) Kx
ReplyDeleteI've just shipped my fat quarters...I worked with stamps on cotton. I really, really enjoyed it. Haven't done it for a long time!
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