I couldn’t rush my current Speed Print! I would really like some Chevron single color prints to fill out the use-ability of these hand prints in a quilt top. I had previously hoped to steam and sew this coming weekend, a retreat weekend. But. I have decided to slow down and do it all. CheckContinue reading “We were tired of living in a house and the finer points in the life of a #freerangetextileprinter”
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#freerangetextileprinter
So this is a whole new dealio. I have taken my printing out and about, I am becoming The Free Range Textile Printer in NYC. In our upcoming book, Carol Soderlund and I contend that all you need to possess in order to begin printing your own fabrics, is a bucket and a card table! And,Continue reading “#freerangetextileprinter”
Finding a purpose and applying my skills
I recently came across Printed Village, (did you know about it? And if so, why have you been holding back on me?) And? Of course, I have decided to partipate in one of their challenges. This site offers ‘story boards’ and deadlines for a surface design artists to create work on a theme, with prizes.Continue reading “Finding a purpose and applying my skills”
Getting from Here to There
Since taking this Free Range Textile Printers show on the road, I have printed about 80 Lace Swirl and Herring Bone fat sixteenths in total. In keeping with a recent love affair with Half Square Triangles, I went to work trimming them all to 8.25″, I like to cut them one at a time toContinue reading “Getting from Here to There”
Pre-order your copy of Playful Fabric Printing!
Playful Fabric Printing has been placed for pre-order in the Crafting A Life, LLC shop! From now until January 10, the release date, you will receive the book free of shipping cost (within the U.S. using the code SHIPFREEUS at check out), and at a discounted rate. It’s quite the deal!! This book is like noContinue reading “Pre-order your copy of Playful Fabric Printing!”
Lace Swirl Quilt Top
This last weekend was quite productive. I took Bucket to my twice yearly quilt retreat and made great progress while #freerangetextileprinting. Then, I came home, switched out the newspaper and tinfoil I had been using to steam (this is a link to Pokey Bolton’s blog related to our Playful Fabric Printing blog hop-who chose the steamer as aContinue reading “Lace Swirl Quilt Top”
Out and about while binding a quilt
When I was a child, one of my favorite books was called, We Were Tired of Living in A House. Much like it sounds, the children in the family, packed their bags and headed out to make house in a tree, on the beach and so on. Ever in my life as an artist hasContinue reading “Out and about while binding a quilt”
Shirts off, Underwear on: Play Out, Breast Cancer and Gender Expectations
About a year and a half after my breast cancer diagnosis I was partaking in a pool program for survivors. We met at a local gym on the sixth floor where they had two pools, one for swimming laps, the other heated and used for rehabilitation purposes. The pool room was beautiful: light streamed inContinue reading “Shirts off, Underwear on: Play Out, Breast Cancer and Gender Expectations”
McCall’s Quilting Magazine and a Meadowlark Giveaway-a guest post
I am hosting a guest post by Stephanie Forsyth, my quilt designer for Meadowlark. We are both really happy that her delicate, groovy, lush, and chic designs using Meadowlark, are going live! What follows are Stephanie’s words: Ladies and gentleman, I am in McCall’s Quilting Magazine! I still can’t quite believe it! This is theContinue reading “McCall’s Quilting Magazine and a Meadowlark Giveaway-a guest post”
October- a guest post
Today, I would like to introduce Sara Bartosiewicz-Hamilton. Sara started FLAT & Fabulous with Barbie Ritzco and I quickly joined the group, I find the group to a balm and a relief. Sara is an amazing woman, focused, direct, compassionate. I stand in awe of what she has been able to accomplish and I hold her spiritContinue reading “October- a guest post”
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