Fidalgo Makers Guild
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Textile Printing Market Bag

An introduction to hand block printing. Leave with a canvas market bag printed with your own design.

3 hours$58 per person

What you'll make

A hand-printed canvas market bag, with a motif you designed and printed yourself onto an already-finished bag.

What you'll learn

  • ·How to carve a relief block: what to take away and what to leave (or how to print with found objects instead).
  • ·Ink and pressure control for a clean, bold, repeatable print.
  • ·How to plan a motif that repeats cleanly across a bag's surface.
  • ·How to heat-set your ink so the print holds wash after wash.

What's included

  • A carving block and full set of lino carving tools, or a selection of found objects to print with instead
  • Fabric ink in a curated color palette
  • A ready-made, high-quality Off White canvas market bag to print on
  • Wash-care instructions to keep your print sharp for years

What to bring

  • Ink-safe clothing or an apron

All classes are 18 and over. Full refund if you cancel 48+ hours before your session.

$58

per person · 3 hours

The bag you'll be printing on in Textile Printing Market Bag

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