Block printing can be a fun and creative way to make your own fabric. Here you’ll find a block printing tutorial that’ll teach you how to block print on fabric, how to carve a block, block printing supplies that you’ll need, and other things to get you started trying this fun way to create your own fabric.
I’m finishing up my block printing basics series today talking about 10 common pattern repeats for fabric. We’ll get into what a print repeat is and why they’re important when you’re block printing. Designing fabric can get really complicated really fast. The cool thing about block printing is that making block print repeats is really …
Team Farr is back from visiting my in-laws in California, and I’m glad to jump back into things showing you how to block print fabric. We’ve been talking about block printing supplies and how to make a block print stamp, and now it’s time to show you how you can put both those things together …
If you want to experiment with making your own textiles, DIY block printing (aka lino printing) is one of the easiest and most fun ways to go, but first you have to learn how to make a block print stamp. Block printing on fabric to create my own fabric is one of my favorite DIY …
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Today we’re talking about the block printing supplies you need if you want to give making your own DIY fabric a go. I’ve been adding paint to fabric in one way or another since I was a kid, and now that I sew, there is a real joy in being able to sew with the …
Creating my own textiles is something I have always loved doing. You can always find interesting prints when you go fabric shopping, but there’s something truly joyful about being able to make that print with your own two hands. And then if you can extended that into sewing with your own handprinted fabrics it’s a …
Good old pink erasers–the big blocky kind that you used it school are great for printing. You can easily carve them, and pretty sturdy, so you don’t have to mount any stamps you make from them. But this tutorial requires no carving. Using the parallelogram shaped sides of the erasers, this fast and easy tutorial …
