Various things I've finished lately....

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A camera case, ipod case, and my first ever screenprint!



The stripey camera case I knit. I wanted to take a picture of it with my camera in it, but that posed logistical problems...
I'm probably going to line it with fleece or something for extra protection for my camera.


Here's an iPod case that I made. I've made a few of these, out of foam (the stuff that's like 20 cents a sheet at walmart). It's two layers of foam. After I took the pictures, I put my iPod in it and realized that I couldn't spin the clickwheel with the foam on top, so I cut out the circle (which made me a little sad because I liked it)

Front


Back


Side

And my first attempt at screenprinting. I made this tank top as part of my friend's birthday present. I screenprinted the white and red, but had to freehand the black parts. You can still see pencil lines from the text. The design is from explodingdog.com.


A close up of the clouds:





Now, I have a screenprinting question. I used old stockings stretched across an embroidery hoop, as suggested in the memories, but the holes seemed really big. Any suggestions for an alternative? Plus, I used Mod Podge to seal off the areas that I didn't want the paint to go through, but since it's water soluble a little bit came off each time I washed the screen. I'd like to make reusable screens, so if anyone has a suggestion (preferably something cheap, as I am a cheapskate) I'd appreciate it.

I went to WalMart today to try to find mixing medium so I can use acrylics on my next screenprinted project since supposedly that works better than fabric paint, but I wasn't able to find it. Would it be with acrylic paint? or fabric paint? I wandered around the craft section for a while today but only found floating medium.

Thanks for the help :)