Editing The mushroom bag

The Mushroom bag project came out of an Elective workshop on Pattern Design I did at the Publication Station. The elective included designing patterns with a nature theme and printing them on fabric. The challenge included looking for relevant fabrics
and experimenting with different print techniques.

Inspired by the results of my research, I decided to use one of the patterns I created to make a tote bag. You can follow the making process here. <br>

[[File:MushroomBagCover.png]]
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== The Process list == 

•	pattern design 
•	Looking for fabrics
•	Experimenting with different techniques
o	Laser cutting 
o	Engraving (photo 1)
o	Plotter
o	Heat press(photo 2)
o	Screen printing (photo 3)
o	Embroidery


== 1. pattern design ==
[[File:MushroomBag1.png]][[MushroomBag3.png]]

my pattern were based on images / I illustrated them myself. Used Illustrator to simplify / everything was created on Pro Create

== 2. Fabric Choices ==
[[File:MushroomBag1.png]]

•	Made a simple sewing pattern for the bags by deciding the size must be 40 x 45 cm [--relation to tote bag?--]
•	Looking for a way to screen print on a big piece of fabric (1,5 x 3m)
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[[File:MushroomBag2.png]]
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•	Making the pattern seamless on a big piece of fabric would have been very hard therefore I decided to cut the fabric in the pattern for the bags first.
5.	Prepared a big print screen for fabric (maybe a link to preparing for screen printing) 
6.	I had two slightly different fabrics, a yellow soft synthetic one and a blue one that was more like a suede.