I had become interested in Woodcuts and was planning on carving linoleum patterns when it dawned on me that scroll saw pattern are just like woodcuts.
I had a deer pattern, and a Lori Irish heron and mallad sitting in the basement. I bought some tulip fabric paint at Walmart and it had good reviews. I tried rolling the paint on a piece of glass and then rolling the patterns but that was too scarce and the paint has to be thick. I found that you have to squirt the paint all over the pattern thick and then even it out. I used my roller. All the 1/4 inch patterns were glued to 1 inch pine board so it makes it easier to hold them and pick them up. I put a piece cardboard between the front and back.
When you press them down the do stick so you have to start peeling them off on one side and once it starts pulling away lift the pattern up. They look like woodcuts. The irregular patterns press better and not large rectangular. I had a crappie cut out so I put two crappies on the front of a blue shirt. Wash the shirts before inking. I have some canoe lake scenes and some fantastic fish patterns. The ideas are endless. The shirts have to sit flat for 24 hrs. If you mess it up just quickly throw it into the washing machine with Mr. Clean multi surface cleaner. You can immediately spray the shirt and then throw it in the washer. Wearable scroll saw patterns.
Food for thought
I had a deer pattern, and a Lori Irish heron and mallad sitting in the basement. I bought some tulip fabric paint at Walmart and it had good reviews. I tried rolling the paint on a piece of glass and then rolling the patterns but that was too scarce and the paint has to be thick. I found that you have to squirt the paint all over the pattern thick and then even it out. I used my roller. All the 1/4 inch patterns were glued to 1 inch pine board so it makes it easier to hold them and pick them up. I put a piece cardboard between the front and back.
When you press them down the do stick so you have to start peeling them off on one side and once it starts pulling away lift the pattern up. They look like woodcuts. The irregular patterns press better and not large rectangular. I had a crappie cut out so I put two crappies on the front of a blue shirt. Wash the shirts before inking. I have some canoe lake scenes and some fantastic fish patterns. The ideas are endless. The shirts have to sit flat for 24 hrs. If you mess it up just quickly throw it into the washing machine with Mr. Clean multi surface cleaner. You can immediately spray the shirt and then throw it in the washer. Wearable scroll saw patterns.
Food for thought
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