Material Mavens: Printing on Sheer Fabrics

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Printing on Sheer Fabrics

Hi Mavens,

We finally found the liquid that my husband used to print on sheer fabric. It is made by Golden and is called Digital Ground Clear (Gloss). It prepares surfaces for Ink-jet printing. It worked really well. Arnie bought it at an artist supply store in San Diego.

4 comments:

AndreaAugust 21, 2011 at 7:42 PM
Thanks for that info Barbara. I actually have some of the Digital Ground, but have never used...now I'm inspired to try it!
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Linda HicksAugust 21, 2011 at 9:19 PM
I also am excited to get this new information. Do you dip the fabric in the liquid or roll it on the fabric?
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BarbaraAugust 22, 2011 at 2:23 AM
He painted on the fabric with a 3" wide sponge brush. I think the instructions might be on the Golden web site. He used painter's tape to secure the (dried and cut) fabric to paper to go through the printer.
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AliceAugust 22, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Wonderful tip, Barbara! I want to try this! Sounds better than my current method--ironing freezer paper to fabric and feeding thru my printer. My ink jet is so cranky and has refused to accept so many of the products out there--all expensive--products that are basically fabric adhered to a backing that you then peel off. I think I will do a post about ink jet printer brands and which ones are the most cooperative!
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Themes for the Quilts

Below are the themes on which our quilts have been based:

Round One Quilts

9/15/11 Harmony

11/15/15 Surprise

1/15/12 South
3/15/12 Element
5/15/12 Mystery
7/15/12 Daydream
9/15/12 Spiral
11/15/12 Travel
1/15/13 Interwoven
3/15/13 Communication
5/15/13 Canyon

7/15/13 Cell

9/15/13 Green

11/15/13 Comfort

1/15/14 Strong

3/15/14 Translate

5/15/14 Spring

7/15/14 Friendship

Round Two Quilts

10/15/14 Contrast

1/15/15 Modern
4/15/15 Neighbor
7/15/15 Time
10/15/15 Circle(s)
1/15/16 Pun

4/15/16 Doodle

7/15/16 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

10/15/16 Reflection

1/15/17 Boundaries

4/15/17 Quote

7/15/17 Space

10/15/17 Reach

1/15/18 Rock

4/15/18 Blues

THE MATERIAL MAVENS

We are a group of art quilters who come from various parts of the United States, from the East coast and then south to Arkansas and Texas. We were inspired by the original Twelve by Twelve international art quilting group.

Beginning in September, 2011, we started posting our 12"x 12" art quilts, which were based on themes chosen in turn by our members. For Round One, we posted quilts every two months, always on the 15th of the designated months.

Round Two of The Material Mavens began in October, 2014. Some changes were made: quilts were posted every three months, and the quilts could be be either 12"x 12" or rectangular ones measuring 11" x 14", either horizontal or vertical in orientation.

Round Three of The Material Mavens began in July, 2018. Again, changes have been made. Now those members who wish to stay affiliated with the group are free to post quilts every time or every now and then. Two, our blog administrator collected suggested themes from the members who wanted to remain affiliated. These themes were then pulled at random from a "hat," and they were then assigned in order for the posting dates. Since we had 13 members who wanted to remain, we will be posting quilts every 3 months until 2021! This date is significant and appropriate, because 2021 will be the 10th year that our group has been in existence.

MEMBERS REMAINING

1. Alice Baird (Waco, TX) (abaird125@gmail.com)

2. Andrea Willey (MA)
3. Carolyn Henson (TX) (cjhenson214@gmail.com)

5. Gail Bradney (AR)
6. Jane Hartfield (AR) (arkjjhart@mynewroads.com)
7. Judy Steward (TX)
8. Kathy Harte (TX)

9. Karen Pulaski
10. Sara Norris (TX)
11. Tricia Deck (Lincoln, (MA)

12. Teresa Schlabach (AR)

13. Nedra Weaver