One of my first adventurous “thrills” with digital textile printing was printing on silk. Not being a great seamstress I could handle sewing a square. But more importantly I really enjoyed playing with repeating patterns. It was always so exciting to see what new design came out a simple shape. This print was created from vintage ski images and snowflake clipart. If you look closely you’ll see a male and female skier repeat on the border and a skier sitting on a chair lift on each of the snowflakes. Both of these elements are from popular Sun Valley Resort vintage photos. The design was created to scale, 42×42″ in Photoshop and printed directly to 100% silk chiffon. My fabrics are supplied mounted on paper and on a roll 44″ wide. The paper gives the fabric the weight it needs to go through the printer without wrinkling. Once the scarf is printed the fabric is peeled from the paper and edges sewn. I use a post treatment rinse supplied by the fabric company to make the scarf more washable. You can see this scarf and other designs in my Scarves portfolio at http://bunnyhillsv.com/portfolio.html
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An inspiring article!
Where does one get ‘fabric mounted on paper and on a roll 44″ wide’?
I’d love to know!
Louise you can order printable fabrics from http://www.inkjetfabrics.com/.
Credit for sharing this post, it was interesting.
Is there a way to make the ink permanent without steaming?