Thursday, April 19, 2012

Handmade handwriting fabric (in small doses)

So, what do you do when you can't find what you need .... you make it right? (or attempt to!) Well, I LOVE the look of handwriting (hate the fact that "they" might discontinue teaching good old cursive handwriting in school .... I learned cursive from nuns .... and it was serious business let me tell you !) ANYWAY, as I was saying, I LOVE the look of cursive handwriting and wanted it on fabric. I have seen "handwriting " fabric somewhere (don't remember where) but I didn't really feel like searchinig for it and thought "how hard can it be ? I have fabric, I have a pen, and I can write" so ......










here it is ... well, it's nothing that I would show Sister Victoria (I think I got a "C" in penmanship as I recall) but ......






....in small doses I think it'll look OK. (I just wrote out the words to the song "Swinging on a Star"). By the way, ironing freezer paper to the back of the fabric stabilizes it and makes it easier to write on . Also, the pen I use is a Millennium pen ......found it at either AC Moore or Michaels I think.

AND, speaking of the art of handwriting,





how about Moonbeams Boy Evan's latest art of doodling ..... aka "this is a boring class"










....pretty cool !











Guess he was bored to tears !!!







Be back soon!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)

3 comments:

Wendy said...

Did you heat set the ink after writing? How does it stand up to washing?
Love your son's doodling. I often sit and do that kind of thing. 40 or more years ago when I did it in class it was called doodling...now they have a fancy name for it...Zentangles...google it...amazing stuff out there!

Cheryl said...

You are so clever!!!!! That's amazing doodling!!

Aubrie S said...

Oh my goodness, I used to doodle in my boring classes too! Helped me to keep paying attention.

I love your idea of creating your own "handwriting" fabric. NEVER would've thought of that on my own!