Roller Stamps

You know when you dying to try something and have so many ideas you don't know where to start, you eventually have to pick something, anything to satisfy your crafting itch....

Our new fitting room curtains where just thing.  Determined to use what I had, I made something that should have been a 10 min job, into a 1 week long affair....

I had a roll of Jute/hessian fabric and rolls of this beautiful embriodered cotton I had been storing(hoarding), neither of which where suitable on their own as curtains - a little see through and the hessian was too plain and stiff...so along came the roller stamp.

After allowing the paint to dry, the cut pieces of hessian were then washed to soften the hessian (makes a real mess of your washing machine!).  

USING the roller like anything took a few goes to get the right feel, having enough paint on the sponge was a big part, it does take a lot of paint to soak the roller.

Worked really well on wood and so easy, would love to have a wall to try it on, so many things you can do, create your own printed fabric, your own wrapping paper, costom made timber pieces which you could turn into anything.

Here is a sneak at our curtains, to see more you might need to visit us in store...the effect was subtle and slightly washed out, which was what I was after, I think.
The embroidered cotton made a lovely lining and the painted panel on the hessian tied the 2 fabrics together.

Such a great product and so many wanderful things you do with them.

The roller stamps can be found here.