identical opposite

Last night I had a wonderful relaxing night with the knitting girls who, no matter how shitty things seem, they always make me feel better. I had a quiet night with a knife - sounds sinister but really just cutting a freezer print. I wasn't in the mood for wool and my latest project requires too much concentration. This had been something on my to do list for a long time - they are for the twins and I liked the irony for them - of course they are their usual colour codes. I didn't create the design, it is far too clever - it is by an artist by the name of Scott Kim done in 1981 and I believe it appears in his Inversion book.
On the school front, I have calmed down a little. While it was a difficult drop off with the twins, they did actually settle and seemed to enjoy the session. This of course relaxed me somewhat. I have drafted an email to the school because I think they deserve the opportunity to address some of my concerns (but I am also prepared to move him if we need to). I spent a few days drafting the email and was finally happy with it - direct but not too emotional - got the direct email address, took a deep breath and pressed send. GONE....................and then a message - almost immediately.....action???....no, Mail Administer returned. Maybe its a sign?

Cool stuff - tshirt

Whenever I do something, I usually go a little OTT - case in point for these t-shirts. I need two tshirts to go with some shorts for PJ so I decided to print on some I had bought (I stockpile these when I see them on special for $3-$5)



With tshirt in hand - all I needed was freezer paper, image/design, cutting knife and fabric paint. I was a bit lazy and it was late, so I found pastels designed for fabric as it was quicker than going out to find my fabric paints. Anyway, found this frog image on free clipart site (actual link is lost but there is heaps of free cliparts around) and printed it out in the required size. Using the freezer paper I traced the image on the matt side.



I cut out the image, saving those little pieces that needed to go back into the design.Place the image using an iron. This is where you replace those little bits again. If it is in the wrong place you can simple cool the paper, replace it and reiron it. Just be careful not to iron too much as the design can be difficult to remove. Stick it enough so the paint wont bleed and you should be able to use the design again.

Add the colour - you can see that I mixed the colours a little as the palette was limited

then simply remove the freezerpaper and set the image as per your directions. I was so happy with the result, I did all of the ones at the top - even finding some paint! No doubt there will be more of these!