My best friend is having a baby girl in April. To celebrate, my mom and I had a baby shower. At the shower, we made baby onesies for the new baby - almost 20 of them. My mom bought plain onesies at JoAnn Fabrics ($9.99 for a pack of 5). We then used double-sided fusible interfacing to make iron on appliques out of fabric scraps. I highly recommend this project for a baby shower. Everyone had a great time and the baby has more onesies than she'll ever need!

I made these monster softies for my best friend's new baby. My boyfriend designed the fabric. I'm really happy with how they turned out -- I just wish I took a picture of the back of them.

so easy and inexpensive!

I finally got my act together and made a bathroom curtain using this chain link fence and butterfly fabric.

I just bought a gocco! I freaking love it. I printed Kevin the Monster on wool felt. I'm having a bit of hard time getting a really even ink distribution- maybe because I'm using the screen for paper (instead of the screen for fabric, which I can't find online)?

http://bp2.blogger.com/_UkOUH_KGZd0/SEsTtppTISI/AAAAAAAAAIk/vw25G5bykUQ/s1600-h/Kevin+Dolls.JPG

I made myself this wristlet. It is so cute that I don't want to carry it since I always get white purses so dirty...

I love Russian nesting dolls. I used to collect them as a kid and my parents just sent me my collection. My boyfriend drew some of the dolls for me so that I could embroider them.

http://www.sewbettie.com-a.googlepages.com/DSCN1856.JPG/DSCN1856-full.JPG

My boyfriend and I have been making these onsies with a silk screen. He created the images. Our friends are starting to have babies (oh man, we're getting old!)

So I am not quite sure where to post this since block printing isn't a category in the image reproduction techniques - I figured lino block printing is closest to silk screening!

This is my first attempt at block printing. It is my dog, Bettie. I'm having a hard time getting the ink to be consistent and dark. I think it may be because the wood backing on the lino block is really thick (1"). May this be the problem or is it likely something else? Any tips for applying adequate pressure to the block to get it to print even! My boyfriend's advice was to just make a screen and silkscreen it, but I'd really like to get the hang of block printing.

Thanks so much in advance!



The print


The block

This image (designed by my bf) is printed on a gray american apparel t-shirt: