It�s Helen here from The Hoarder�s Art Room. Today, I�m showing you how to use the new Gelli Arts� Quilt Squares Printing Kit. We�re going to combine colorful Gelli� mono-printing techniques with homemade stencils and graphic black outlines to complete a set of unique fabric squares ready for quilting. Check out the giveaway at the end of my blog!!
1. Use a craft punch to cut some shapes from freezer paper, we�ll be using these as masks.
2. Roll some acrylic paint with a little textile medium onto your Gelli� plate.
3. Make marks and patterns in the paint with combs, bubble wrap, stencils, etc.
4. Place your freezer paper masks over the paint, shiny side down.
5. Place a fabric square over the plate and pull a print. You can use parchment paper as an extra layer on top to protect your hands. You�ll have some white shapes in a colored background.
6. To make a two color print pull off any excess paint with scrap paper. You can use this in another project.
7. Leave your paper masks in place.
8. Roll another color over the Gelli� plate and the masks, then texture it as before.
9. Carefully remove the masks with tweezers. You can keep them for collage another time!
10. You'll now have a plate with two colors. Take a print with your fabric as before.
11. Repeat the process with all the fabric squares.
12. Leave the fabric to dry � it won�t take long.
13. Roll a very small amount of black Block Ink onto the Gelli� plate.
14. Very gently, without any pressure, place a colored fabric square printed side down on the plate.
15. Anywhere you now touch will generate a black mark.
16. Outline the white/colored shapes by �drawing� from the back with a skewer. Don�t press very hard or you could gouge your Gelli� plate. Remember not to lean your wrist on the fabric as you draw.
17. Pull the fabric off making sure not to press it onto the ink.
18. You can add a little more ink if needed before repeating the process with the other squares.
19. Leave the prints to dry completely before sewing them into a quilt.
Materials used:
Gelli Arts� Quilt Squares Printing Kit
Freezer Paper
Scrap Paper
Craft Punch
Tweezers
Stencils
Block Ink - Black
Skewers
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