Thanks for visiting my blog.

Het zou leuk zijn wanneer je een berichtje achterlaat. :-)
I would appreciate a little message. :-)

Hierbij wil ik Petra bedanken want dankzij haar geweldige site,
www.poohbeers.eigenstart.nl, ben ik met de bouw van mijn poppenhuis begonnen.

Thanks to Petra. Without her nice site, www.poohbeers.eigenstart.nl, I would never been started with my doll house.

Ik probeer de dingen die ik maak zo goed mogelijk te omschrijven maar er kunnen soms typefoutjes in de tekst staan dus controleer van te voren even of het allemaal klopt.

The thing I create I put on my blog. Although I try to make no mistakes it's possible that something went wrong so please check before you make a copy.

vrijdag 11 januari 2013

Silk wallpaper



You need: normal paper for printer, spray glue,silk, sciccor and a box where you spray the glue on to the printer paper and an inktjetprinter.
As already told you can view a nice video instruction when you go back to the 8th of December.

It's so simple but not for me. It took me three times to get it perfect. You can make the wallpaper in one day. 
It took me one week ! 
Look what went wrong.


I sprayed the glue on the paper and then put the paper on the silk. I sprayed to much glue on the paper so my silk was filled with glue stains. No problem I use this one for the first try out. So I cut the silk perfectly around the paper.
Then I went to the page of the wallpaper. I copied the page in Word.


The pattern was too small. 
Frans sprayed another paper not infused of glue. This time I didn't have sticky fingers so the silk was put on to the paper perfectly.



I cut the silk. Even little pieces of thread, to avoid problems with the paper transport in the printer.


I went to the wallpaper page and saw that you could print directly from that page. When I was still teaching I told my pupils to read everything but this time...I think you have guessed already.


The pattern was too big. So back to the wallpaper page and yes the instruction said that the exact measures are 8 x 10 inches. So I had to put the printer instruction on 20 x 25 cm. instead of full page.

This time we were smart enough to glue a few pages. I thought it may be smarter to print on paper instead of spilling more silk. So first a print on paper and then on silk.


silk
paper

It took me a while but it looks amazing on silk. I decide to let the paper stay on the backside because this silk is very thin and when we glue it to the wall I'm afraid that glue stains will be visible.



Now all I have to do is secure the silk. I don't use hairspray because that turns yellow after a little time.
I bought a bottle of concentrated fixative.


Now I know how to make prints on the silk. The result looks very wonderful.









26 opmerkingen:

  1. Hi Dorien,
    Aha, you watched my videotutorial! Glad you managed to get a print you are happy with. I must say I always make test prints on paper until I am happy with the colour and size of the print before I print on the fabric.
    But your print looks good! I look forward to seeing it on your wall.

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    1. Thanks Josje !! I like to learn and teach myself. I'm glad I came across your video !!! That's an amazing and new world for me.
      Your explanation in the video is perfect but my implementation was the problem. Reading and follow up was my next problem !
      Hugs Dorien

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  2. Hi Dorien, that looks amazing! Although I know that a lot of other people have done this, I still worry that my printer will give up, get stuck or something worse. You're braver than me!!!

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    1. Dear Idske,
      I had a discussion with my husband about this. he thought our printer would be damaged. When you follow up the video instruction of Josje from the 8th of December you can manage !!! Even my husband thrusts me now with the printer. Even I had stomach ache !! But believe me it works !!! Be sure you cut all the threads that stick out.
      Hugs Dorien

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  3. Hello Dorien,
    That really is a wonderful technique and the result is beautiful...I love the pattern. I can't wait to see it installed.
    Big hug,
    Giac

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    1. Dear Giac,
      It's a simple technique! Even I can't wait to see it installed. Frans is still working on the staircase in our house so that will take some time because he has te help me with the staircase in the doll house.
      Hugs Dorien

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  4. came across your website by coincidence; great job, it looks so sophisticated!
    Curious about how it will look when installed too :D
    Groetjes,
    Gee

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    1. Dear Gee,
      Welcome !That will take some time. The installation. That's the part my husband does. So I'm curious also !
      Hope you visit my blog regular.
      Groetjes Dorien

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  5. Dear Dorien, Thank you for the tutorial. I do appreciate you telling us of all the problems that you experienced. It helps when you are trying to do something like this (especially if you have a limited amount of fabric etc) that one is aware of the pitfalls.
    The result is very nice and I also look forward to seeing how it is applied.
    I also watched Josje's tutorial but I have not yet attempted to print!
    Regards Janine

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    1. Dear Janine,
      It's like sailing! It will take some time. Thank you for your commentary.
      This is our first doll house and I need a lot of help from my husband. However I put every detail on my blog.

      Josje's tutorial helped a lot. It was like Christmas evening. Everyone was staring at the printer when I pushed the button print. Everything worked !!! I love it. It's an amazing technique. Useful for a lot of things.
      Hugs Dorien

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  6. Dorien, thank you for your tutorial and the way you reveled the secret of printing on the silk. I need to give it a try one day. Mini hugs, Natalia

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    1. Dear Natalia,
      Thank you for your commentary. Compliments for reveling the secret of printing on fabrics are for Josje's tutorial.
      You should try it one day. It's a wonderful technique.
      Hugs Dorien

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  7. The silk looks beautiful Dorien, I missed this video, I think I need to go and look for it. My printer wasn't very happy the last time I tried to print fabric with it.

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    1. Dear Elga,
      The video is on my blog at the 8th of December. The second one you can see when the first one is finished.
      I used very thin silk and I've bought very thin cotton also for printing.
      Very important ! Cut remaining thread away !
      Hugs Dorien

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  8. Lieve Dorien, wat is het behang prachtig geworden, maar dat mag ook wel na zoveel moeite :)
    Voor jou een fijne zondag !

    Liefs Mieke

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  9. Dankjewel Mieke ! Voor jou ook een fijne, rustige zondag.
    Knuffel Dorien

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  10. Well done on printing off your silk. It looks lovely and definitely something I must try.

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  11. Thank you Irene,
    Look at the video instruction first. It looks really amazing but it doesn't show perfectly at the picture.
    Greetings Dorien

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  12. Hi Dorien, GEWELDIG, het is je gelukt, zie je wel :D!! Ik moet eerlijk bekennen dat ik elke keer als ik op stof/zijde print ik met de billetjes samengeknepen zit, hoor, ook al neem ik alle voorzorgsmaatregelen. Je hebt helemaal gelijk met die franjes en uitstekende draadjes: die verwoesten de hele boel, dus nauwkeurig werken, dan werkt het perfect! Ik gebruik als sealer een matte vernis voor acrylverf, werkt ook goed!
    Fijne zondag en liefs, Ilona

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  13. Beste Ilona,
    Dankjewel voor de tip. Ik wist niet welke vernis ik moest nemen dus ben ik maar voor pastelkrijt/houtskool vernis gegaan. Ik dacht pastelkrijt blaas je zo weg. Dus die vernis houdt de printerverf ook goed vast.Is wel dure vernis. Wanneer het met gewone vernis voor acrylverf ook kan dan zal ik die ook een keer gebruiken wanneer mijn vernis op is.
    Groetjes Dorien.

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  14. This is really brilliant! :) Thanks for sharing, and wish you a lovely weekend! Big hugs from an Italian miniaturist in Sweden ;)

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    1. Dear Italian miniaturist in Sweden,
      You're welcome.
      I love to share things so other people can use them also. I got this information from other people who share also.
      Dutch hugs Dorien

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  15. I love the print! I usually buy printed cotton or upholstery fabric to line my dollhouse walls.
    Sumaiya
    The Garfield Blog

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    1. Dear Sumaiya,
      "Thanks to MS" I can not shop for those things. Sometimes when there are to many products my brain can't get all those things organized. It's easier to look on the internet and make my own wall paper. It's not cheaper and it takes more of my time but the dollhouse comes together after a few years....
      Hugs Dorien

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  16. Dag Dorien, wat een goede "post" over het printen op zijde. Het resultaat is erg fraai! Bedankt voor het delen van je ervaringen en kennis. Ik ga je blog volgen! Groetjes van Liduina

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    1. Welkom Liduina,
      Hopelijk stel ik je niet teleur.
      Groetjes Dorien

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