Lady Mockingbird and her Buttercups: Lady Mockingbird Sews: "Jane" Pj's

Finally I get to post about some of my Christmas present creations! My mom loves PJ sets, so I was very excited to make these for her for Christmas. The pattern is BurdaStyle's Jane. As I was looking through my fabric stash to decide what to make them in, I came across this white rayon and decided to try something new..and I created my own print (click through the jump to see how)! I'm really happy with the way they turned out, and they fit her perfectly!! I also discovered that I have a new love for hand-printed textiles - more on this to come!

For full tutorial on how I made the print.. click through the jump!

Happy Sewing!

~Lady M.

MATERIALS:

fabric (mine is 100% rayon - white)
fabric dye
fabric paint
rubber stamp
sponge

TIME: I did this in several sittings, but I would say its probably a full days project.

DIFFICULTY: Intermediate

Choose a fabric and dye color. It is good to research the fabric's dye capabilities as well as carefully read the instructions on the dye package.

Follow the instructions on the package to dye the fabric. I chose to use the bucket technique.

Once fabric is washed and dried, Iron it out. I chose to cut out my pattern pieces here, since the garment I was making is quite small, as is the stamp I chose.

Pour out some paint onto a plate or palate, using your sponge, dab a generous amount of paint onto the stamp, making sure it is fully covered.

Do some practice stamps on a scrap of fabric to get your paint ratio and stamp pressure just right. These were obviously not what I was aiming for.

This was more like it.

I chose to do a scatter pattern. Continue stamping the pattern piece until you get the desired coverage, making sure to turn the stamp in a random sequence, and everything is evenly spaced. Also do some half stamps on the edges of the fabric for a more realistic look. It might help you to look at a printed fabric that you like and try to copy that ratio.