{"id":8641,"date":"2012-06-29T08:59:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=8641"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:03:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:03:02","slug":"embroidery-patterns-with-digital-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/06\/29\/embroidery-patterns-with-digital-grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Embroidery Patterns With Digital Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was thinking more about the possibilities of what could be made by printing with digital grounds on fabric, and making an original embroidery pattern came to mind. I cut out a piece of canvas, applied the solution, and ran it through my printer. I spent some of my off time yesterday thrusting a needle though canvas (there’s a reason why<\/em> embroidery kits don’t include canvas. * rolls eyes *<\/em>) Also take note dear readers, that I haven’t done any kind of needle work since I stitched a sampler at the tender age of ten.<\/p>\n

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I coated the canvas horizontally and vertically with Golden’s Digital Ground Clear (Gloss), letting it dry between coats. I taped the canvas to a piece of cardstock and ran it through an Epson R1800 printer set on standard settings using this girly clip art image at 75% black. It left me with a guide to embroider by.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, it’s still a work in progress. More to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was thinking more about the possibilities of what could be made by printing with digital grounds on fabric, and making an original embroidery pattern came to mind. I cut out a piece of canvas, applied the solution, and ran … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[177,4],"tags":[1692,1736,1735,1729],"class_list":["post-8641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts-2","category-news","tag-digital-grounds","tag-embroidery","tag-fishing","tag-golden-gessos-grounds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-2fn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8528,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/06\/22\/printing-canvas\/","url_meta":{"origin":8641,"position":0},"title":"Printing On Canvas","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"June 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Printing with digital grounds on cotton worked out well, so I was curious as to how an image would print on a rougher surface like canvas. 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