While I wanted to spend most of the day busting out more t-shirts, I realized that without an adequate amount of needed supplies, you can only go so far, so today was dedicated on stocking up. With some experimenting with the Yudu machine, I found that the Yudu fabric inks didn't seem to work too well with me. I had some Speedball fabric ink lying around (from past attempts to learn how to screen print with much fail), and decided to give it a go. Good thing I did because I think I've fallen in love with this stuff -- it's not as thick as the Yudu inks, so it makes flooding the screen and actually pulling the screen a lot easier. And the thin consistency allows more time before drying -- a factor pretty important to me considering I'm a one-woman sweatshop.
While the baby 4 oz sample of the stuff went so far to suffice me for about two dozen shirts or so (it's a big design, mind you), it obviously wasn't enough to make it through all my t-shirts... which is why today became more about driving on the freeway and running around stocking up on supplies than actually printing more tshirts like I had hoped. But the day was not wasted.
{ let's just say, i made a little upgrade }
Maybe the photo is deceiving, but my new bottles ofSpeedball ink are pretty much MONSTEROUS.
No complaining here.
{ gotta hang them in style }
Was almost opting to buy black plastic ones, but foundthis pack of wooden/metal hangers for the same price!
Well, cheaper, actually... considering the guy at
Bed Bath & Beyond hooked me up with a discount. :)
40 wooden hangers for $17?
Steppie, FTW.
{ the wooden hangers will replace these... }
This photo is a taste of how my bedroom
has turned into a little factory of its own,
and shows how many shirts I have done so far!
Now, it's time to add some color to this clothing rack.
xo,
Steppie
http://steppie.etsy.com
