Printing my fabric

Once my fabric had been dyed and dried, I cut my pattern pieces for the top band using the red onion dyed fabric, along the straight grain. I then sewed the darts and seam neatened the edges.

Once the panels were ready I used this image-

I then got a softcut lino sheet and cut out my design.

After printing this design onto paper i was able to see the areas which needed to be cut out of the background and the design to make it more accurate and presise.

This lino cut is inspired by Andrea Lauren’s work. To make this design reflect Lauren’s work better I would add a filled in section underneath the detail which will be printed in a contrasting colour.

This image below shows the cut piece of link which will go underneath the details.

Once my design and panels are ready to be printed I then experimented with different possible colours which can go together.

i began by using black and red as they are the colours Andrea Lauren uses. I then tried out using different shades of blue which is inspired the liberty London skirt below. I also tried using the colours which the onion contains, which includes different shades of purple however I found the colours didn’t contrast off each other well. After that I decided to combine purple from that design and blue from my other design. This is the design I am going to use going forward as I like how the different colours work with eachother.

I Printed this design over the front faces of my panels of the top band of my onion inspired skirt with alternating colours used for each piece.

I made sure not to print on the fabric which is dyed with orange onions. I am really happy with how the design of the print turned out as it reflects my artist and client well.