The fruits of my screen printing - Girl Scout Tote

Remember that screen printing class I took this summer? Last weekend I finally got everything together and sewed up a few tote bags out of the Girl Scout fabric.

There are two colors - mushroom and magenta. I must say I'm kinda partial to the mushroom. 

They are lined with vintage material (sheets, my favorite), with a little patch pocket that matches. And I finally remembered to use my new woven labels!

I really went for an easy construction with these - note the webbed handles. I knew I didn't want to screen print on pre-made bags, but I also didn't want to spend a ton of time sewing. A fine balance. 

I am sooo happy with how these turned out - I want to start using one immediately. However, I will resist - they will be in the shop sometime next week!

Inspired by...

Can you tell I've been thinking about what to do with my girl scouts?

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My absolute favorite image:

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screen printing fun!

A few fun snapshots from my screen printing class this week.

Getting ready to do my first test print.

The Scouts - this is the print I am most excited about. It came out so clear!

And the Alice-themed designs.

I am so excited to turn these into something fun. I have a finished product in mind - but I'd love to hear what you would do with these!

new skillz - screen printing!

I'm really excited, because I'm taking a new class - screen printing! I'm in the 4-week beginning class at Lillstreet Arts Center, taught by Camille Canales, who is a lot of fun.

Camille demonstrating how to put emulsion on screens

Since it's a 4-week class, it moves pretty quickly, and last night we learned out how to clean our screens, coat them with emulsion and burn our images onto our screens. It was really fun watching the images come out:

Can you see what's on mine? It's something I've been playing around with for awhile now, so I'm excited to see how it works out when printed!