Greetings all,
Well HOW lucky am i?? Last week I spent a whole day of giggles, laughter, lessons, business & fun with the wonderful Thea Samios of Thea & Sami screen printing magic, in Queensland. Thank you Thea, i had a ball with you, i've certainly caught the screen printing bug!!
Now this is one full on professional set up with mega printing tables, assistant Dan, wall fans, sky lights plus a custom design cleaning trough, it was screen printing bliss.
Honestly, it was like watching magic happen, with this back & forth flowing rhythm of paint, screens, accuracy & perfection. Oh, on the best quality linens too!!
Sweet Thea doesn't like her photo being taken . . . what is more gorgeous than taking a bunch of images of someone as they work, to find they're laughing in every photo you download!!??
This was jaw dropping beauty, honest & for true.
Thea & Dan had both the 10m & 7m tables printing up a storm.
Thea & i both love our maths & numbers so the accuracy & measurement is our thing. Precision is key, especially with her detailed designs.
Even watching the different runs dry at intervals was magical.
Watching paint dry is fascinating, i can assure you.
Then i got to play with some shapes i brought along to cut out & make into screens.
So i made each of my children a new pyjama top.
Look at these beautiful designs on the large screens.
Want a piece of the action too?? Thea is holding a GRAND OPENING of this new studio & shop on Saturday 30th April, from 10a.m. to 4p.m. at Unit 1, 6 Jones Road, Capalaba Queensland. Find out how fabrics are screen printed & pick up some beautiful original hand screen printed delights, including remnants. There will be screen printing demonstrations at 11a.m. & 1p.m. You will be made to feel very welcome!! Please RSVP here.
EDIT: new blog post about preparations here with news of a $100 Thea&Sami gift voucher to be won by one lucky attendee.
EDIT: new blog post about preparations here with news of a $100 Thea&Sami gift voucher to be won by one lucky attendee.
The remnants are AMAZING, quality, value & perfect for those smaller sewing projects. I promise i left some!!
So i'm very ready to be back in my own studio after some fun & relaxation in Queensland (so much more on that later) & will be sewing my heart out to wrap up the school holidays & make good use of the huge array of new fabrics in my new cool vintage suitcase. Happy Creative Space this week, i've been having a ball. Love Posie
25 comments:
Just stunning, Jennie - thanks ever so much for sharing. What a thrill it must have been- you lucky duck! J x
Wow - it's fascinating to see screen printing done on such a large scale. Thanks!
I love that teal design, in fact they are all georgeous!
What an amazing setup...lucky you to be a part of such creativity.
So that is how they do it! Gorgeous prints I see!!
Hope you are having a wonderful fabulous week my friend!
XOXOXOX
Kristin
What a wonderful experience and thanks for capturing it all to share with us. I had NO IDEA that is how screen printing was done. Love the PJ tops you made and I bet the kiddies did too :o)
Wow! Fabulous fabric printing! Great post!
Thanks Jennie. You had no idea how much I loved meeting you - it was like we had known each other for years. I can't wait for your next visit! I promise to take the whole day off for you - whatever you like, printing, op-shops, etc. xx
Visiting Thea would have been so much fun. Lucky you being able to watch all those lovley linens come to life!
I am very envious of your visit to Thea. I love her beautiful designs. Another reason to want to live in Brisbane!
That looks like a lot of fun. I'd love up do some screenprinting- I have a screen, I just need some good ideas and motivation! Those sample packs look fab :)
It truly was wonderful to see Thea smiling and laughing whilst working and I can imagine you both had lots of fun together.
As I pondered the two of you gorgeous dynamos in the one space all I could think was "Poor Dan!" he may not know what hit him.
I have a piece of Thea's lovely linen which I've been holding onto for 'just the right' project & hope to be able to receive some inspiration soon as it's too nice to have hidden away in a cupboard.
xx F
Oh wow....look at those designs...just gorgeous. Sounds like you had a ball and I can see why :)
Welcome home Jen.
xo
Wow it looks fantastic, am so jealous...thanks for sharing all this beauty.
Have a great week xo
Disregard my question, see that you are home now. Will call about the bug. Love that you got to see all T&S, I am jealous in the nicest possibly way xx
That fabric is STUNNING! I bet you were hyperventillating.
I can imagine how inspiring and creative your day was Jennie. It's fun to see others working in their studios.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
Hi Jennie, sorry I missed you last week on Sunday. I went home and spent some time with my family. Thanks for the info about canberra handmade. Will follow up some things soon. Cheers. Simone xx
Oh WOW, those prints are stunning! It must have been such fun, what a great experience, lucky you..xx
The prints are gorgeous! Have a lovely day, Kellie xx
Drool worthy studio, designs... and remnants ;)
You are so lucky to have experienced it. I shant be going to the opening though, I will be visiting your neck of the woods for a baby shower! :)
They all look very lovely! Hope you had a nice break. I have loads of pieces of material to sew together to make into a patchwork quilt. For my son's naming ceremony, I asked all the guest to bring a piece of fabric that was special to them in some way. I have about 80 pieces! Didn't factor in how difficult it would be. Thanks for dropping by on my Hells Bells post, it sounds like your wedding was a wonderful day!
wow-ee look at all that diiiiivine fabric!!! i love the peacocks they look adorable!! glad you had such a lovely day xx
Lucky, lucky you!!!
I soo want to go, pity I'm a bit too far away!
Glad you had a good holiday in Queensland xx
Looks like so much fun - I am planning on ducking over there tomorrow and have my fingers crossed that I can do a course before we leave.
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