Discovery

Yesterday I was doing some stenciling on fabric. Everything was going great. The prints looked awesome and funky at the same time. But then I noticed that I had smudged a gob of screen printing ink on my fabric. EEEK! Usually when this happens, I try to incorporate it into the design, but that was not an option here. I decided to act fast...I ran and grabbed two washcloths, getting one of them pretty wet. Then, I ran back to the work table and I just blotted the unwanted ink spot with the wet washcloth and then soaked it up with the dry one. It only took a few times repeating this, but it worked! I was using white ink (acrylic) on dark fabric, though, and am curious to see if it would work with dark ink on light fabric. I just might have to experiment with this idea. But, now a damp cloth and a dry cloth are going to be out on the table whenever I print! I would like to believe that I will be careful, but, honestly, I get carried away very easily. And I was singing....so I was a little distracted.

How about you? Do you have any tips/tricks for removing those unwanted ink blobs from fabric?