Inkjet printable fabric!

I may be a little late on this but, did you know that there are several companies out there selling fabric you can print on?  I posted a picture of C. Jenkins Miracle Fabric Sheets because it was one of the few printable cotton sheet products that I found, that had examples of use over the web (see a little lower) and were also washable after printing.

Here are two pictures I found of Miracle Fabric used on the Craft Chi blog.

A customized table cloth and

a pillow.

The only thing I can see there being a problem with is COLOR.  If you've ever tried printing a colored image from an inkjet printer on matte paper, you know exactly what I'm talking about.  Inkjets work best with semi-gloss to glossy paper and anything else just looks flat and dull.  So just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't print colored photographs if I were you.  Things with flat colors and contrasts would probably work best.  The possibilities are endless!

Check out the sites and blogs below for other possible uses for fabrics:

handbags http://u-handbag.typepad.com/uhandblog/

foodtoys http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2007/09/felt-food-toys.html

book display http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/february-jumpstart-2009-entries/how-to-make-a-hanging-book-display-megans-february-jumpstart-project-2009-077231?image_id=3151

camera case http://amyalamode.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/cozy-camera-case-tutorial/

pencil bag http://craftlog.org/craftlog/?p=2469

buttoned legwarmers http://laupre.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/tutorial-easy-buttoned-legwarmers/

wallet http://darnkat.wordpress.com/quilted-fabric-wallet-tutorial/



P.S. I put my blog url in to Wordle and got this:

P.P. I'd like to thank Tenaria, Danny, Ian, and Janet for helping me meet 60% of my sponsorship goal for the Walk MS event happening April 19, 2009 in New York City.

more Walk MS info

Walk MS update

I would like to thank Ian and Tenaria for helping me reach 35% of my support goal!  For more information on the event or why I'm doing it click on the link below.

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Making an abstract square pattern

In one of my classes (right now) we are making fake chocolate companies, so I've been thinking of different packaging options and possible patterns. It occurs to me that I kind of promised to post some patterns here sometime, so this seems like the perfect opportunity.



Please forgive that the first step (the actual sketch) is missing. I don't have a scanner. The inspiration for this pattern is city lights and building windows.



I played around with the placement and direction of the squares until I found one that I liked. You don't have to do this digitally. You can do the same thing with tracing paper. I like to start off with black and white because if you begin a pattern using a billion colors it might not work.



I removed the squares because I've found that with some patterns, they aren't necessary.



I think it works.




These are some arbitrary colors just to test the pattern.


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In other news, I'd like to thank Tenaria for sponsoring me in the Walk MS event and helping me reach 5% of my goal. If you are curious there is link below to one of my previous posts on it.

http://whoknowsgracesix.blogspot.com/2009/03/walk-ms.html

Walk MS

Some of you may not know this, but I lost two of my friends last month, one (Adam) died in his sleep and the other (Mrs. Rose) was unable to over come her long-time battle with Multiple Sclerosis. In her honor and to also in support of her son, my friend Bejay, I will be participating in New York City’s Walk MS event on Sunday, April 19. I am raising $100. If anyone would like to donate $5 to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, just click on the link below. There, you will be given a link to either “Donate to Grace” or “Donate to Participant.”

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/NYNWalkEvents?px=6235449&pg=personal&fr_id=11002

If you don’t have $5 to give (I know what times we live in) just tell some of your friends about it. Thank you in advance,
-Grace

P.S. If you would like to know more information about the National MS Society or Walk MS, just visit the following link:

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/walk-ms-new-york-city-chapter/index.aspx

and for information about MS see the following link:

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/what-is-ms/index.aspx