By now my friend Kim and I made it a habit to meet every couple weeks for a fun project and I love this so much. This time we decided to make some napkins and kitchen towels.
We got some fabric paint and nice white kitchen towels which can also serve as nice big napkins and started playing.
Using my ArtFoamies Minis on those were the perfect pick. Foam Stamps work so well on fabric!
The size is great and it was a quick and fun way to enhance the fabric.
The fabric paint we used was a little bit too fluid for our taste but it actually worked well – after brayering the paint on top of the stamp we went sometimes with a cotton swap over the stamp to even out some areas or even to take off some paint if it seemed too much. At the end of the day this is a handmade result- so hey- let go of perfectionism :)
Because the paint is a bit thin it tends to seep through the fabric- so putting something for protection underneath the area you stamp when you layer up your fabric is a good idea. We just used paper towels.
We both especially liked the blue.
But also adding more and more white and yellow to the dark green after each row was fun for getting a kind of ombre effect. I love this.
It didn’t take long for the paint to dry and after following the directions on the paint jars to iron the back side of the printed fabric, and then washing them- they are ready to be used.
Here are some napkins- I love the set -even though the patterns are different they belong together due to the same color. For the napkins we mostly only printed one row.
For the kitchen towels we added a bit more
Aren’t they fun?
I will definitely make more of those- they make a really good and personalized gift too. Hope you like Kim and my little project – we already scheduled the next one :)
Here are the supplies I used:
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Ally
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Pure awesomeness!!!
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nathalie-kalbach
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thanky you Ally :)
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marshavalk
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Love, love, love this!!!
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Klara
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I love these so much! Green set and blue set are my favorites! What a fantastic idea!
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Stephanie
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What a great idea! Thanks Nat
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margaret griffiths
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OK I love your stamps!!! I guess its time to go buy them…
Thanks, for the wonderful website and ideas
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