A Little Thermofax Fun

A couple weeks ago, I won a giveaway on Terri Stegmiller's Blog. My prize was one of her Thermofax screens and I choose her "Pods" design. Well, shortly after she had acquired her machine, we had discussed the possibility of her making some custom screens for me. Well, I finally got around to sending her my drawings and today my new screens arrived!

First, I'll show you the screens...this is Terri's "Pods"

The rest are from my drawings...some of which you've seen as fills or motifs on my quilts.

This is my "Blooming Hexes"

 "The Eyes Have It"

 "Sturdy Swimmers"    :)

 "Crescent Shells"

And my "Snail Feather"

Of course I had to start playing with them right away! So I grabbed some hand dyed fabric scraps, a squeegee,  and a variety of textile paints. I wanted to try different brands of paints to see how they worked.  I did choose only medium body paints.

So here are my results... this is "Blooming Hexes". I used Pro Chem orange transparent paint. This was my first print, and I used too much paint, so it's a little messy.

The next print is Terri's "Pods" screen with Pro Chem black transparent paint...better!

 Next up is "Sturdy Swimmers" using Pro Chem purple transparent paint

Next is "The Eyes Have It" using Jacquard semi-opaque textile paint in red

The next print is "Snail Feather" using Setacolor silver metallic paint

And last but not least is "Crescent Shells" using Jacquard Lumiere metallic russet

Needless to say I am thrilled with my new screens!  I'm very happy that my designs translated to screens so well.  I'll be using these a lot and I dare say I'll be sending more of my drawings to Terri very soon!