Hi All
Thank you for your interest in wanting to create one of your own pieces to wear using your art.
There are a lot of you who want to get started right away and I will try to get the information to you with the greatest of ease.
I want to give you an over view of the process and then I will get into the details of it.
First, you will need to decide what type of garment you would like to start with.
A jacket, dress, skirt, scarf or tunic might be some to consider. I will have basic patterns to chose from.
Second, you will need a really good quality image of your art. It needs to be your art or if not, make sure you have permission to use it. I would like to see an image of 300dpi but I can work with a 180dpi quality.
DPI is dots per inch, the more dots of information the better and crisper the printed image will be.
Third, choose your fabric. I will offer a few to choose from including silk, cotton, polyester and blends, cotton Lycra, or polyester with Lycra in knits and woven.
Costs involved
Photoshop
Printing your art will require you to set it to the width and length of the fabric you want to print on.
Some fabrics are 45" while others may be 55" If you have Photoshop and can get me the image set
to print, great! If not I can help you get it formatted to the pattern pieces of your garment. I will show you what it will look like on the computer screen so that you can see if the placement of the art is the way you want it or if you want to change the scale.
I charge $45 to set the art and get it ready to print.
Fabric
The fabric cost will vary depending on how many yards we order at a time. The higher the quantity the lower the price. I will give an example, I'll use 100% silk like polyester.
25 yards will cost $17.50 / yard
or
100 yards will cost $15 / yard
shipping will depend on where it is coming from.
Sewing
If you need sewing I can help you with this too. I will stick to garments that are easy to fit, lose fitting pieces are best and easiest to sew. If you can straigtht stitch you will be fine with my patterns. If you need sewing I will quote you a price after I see the pattern. I will have items listed with their prices coming in the next blog.
I will also show by example exactly what is involved step by step, in the upcoming blogs.
Until then, think about the end result, who you might want to give it to... what occasion you will want to wear one of your own creations.... Think about how fun it would be to answer the question,
“where did you get that???”
Happy Silk Painting!
Please leave a comment, I'd love to interact and know who you are.
Julianne