Lynn Krawczyk was queen bee for the month of June and chose the theme, vintage. Oops. another challenge for me. I looked at a lot of vintage clip art and I really liked some vintage keys that I found. So, I made a thermofax screen.

Off to the studio, I found a piece of hand-dyed cotton that had a bit of purple and dark and light yellows and had an aged look to it. I searched through my thermofax screens and found this check pattern which I thought could look vintage. I used a purple paint and screened it on to the fabric.

I did some experimenting with printing the keys over the checks.  I used black for the keys. Lynn wanted any color but pink. In this photo, you can get a better idea of what the base fabric was.

I tried to make the printing look worn and not crisp so that it would look old. It was bloody hot in my studio, so I did not linger.

Here is the collage of the vintage collection. Click to see a larger version.

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