Silk Screening Workshop!

Did you ever want to learn how to screen print? Our second round of classes are filling up fast! If you'd like to get in on this amazing opportunity, sign up now!

This class is geared towards the DIY person. We will teach you how to make a screen from scratch, which you get to take home at the end. We will take the mystery out of photo emulsion. You will learn how to turn your ideas into prints using several different methods. We will provide you with tea towels and a super special tote made by Smoking Lily for you to print with your own designs.

The workshop is broken into 3 classes: August 9th, 5:30 to 7:30; August 16th, 5:30 to 8:00; and August 23rd, 5:30 to 9:00.

The workshop price is $220. You will go away with some lovely tea towels and a tote adorned with your designs, plus you take home your own screen so you can print more of the image you create in class. On top of that, you will have the knowledge to do the whole process yourself, from scratch!

We run on a first to pay, first in system. You can register at Smoking Lily 569 Johnson Street, 250-382-5459.

Oh yeah, you will have homework and there may be minimal expenses for materials ($5 or so).

Lily Spotlight

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and inside the studio we are still busy as bees making things! As it gets warmer out, everyone starts to think to themselves, "Hmmm.... I really do need to add a few lovely items to my wardrobe... summer items even!".

Well, today, for the first time it felt like summer may be on the horizon here in Victoria. And, today for the first time, I got to silkscreen actual clothing pieces! I have done a bit of printing, here and there, such as paper bags, cotton print scarves, and adding a print to a table of fabric before it is cut....but today was a bit of a milestone for me in the printing world!

It was me and the Fandango skirts today, squaring off. With three different prints (the cruiser bike, the side plate, and the swerns) and printing over a side seam, I feel pretty good about my first print job completed! These skirts are a steal of a deal for $54; lightweight with swing, they are a perfect start-to-summer skirt.

Here is Joanne modelling a freshly-printed Fandango skirt!