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QSDS Glorious Prints

By: Lynda June 10, 2019June 22, 2019

art classes, fabric printing, fiber reactive dyes, mono printing, thickened dyesart classes, Glorious Prints, monoprinting, Pat Pauly, printed fabric, QSDS, surface design, thickened dyes10 Comments

As mentioned in the last post, I spent a week in Columbus, Ohio at QSDS. This event, held every year includes two 5-days sessions and two weekend sessions. I chose Glorious Prints (printing with thickened dyes) with Pat Pauly in the first 5-day session.

Back from QSDS

By: Lynda June 5, 2019June 10, 2019

art classes, art exhibits, fabric printing, fiber reactive dyes, mono printing, surface design, thickened dyesfiber reactive dyes, Glorious Prints, Pat Pauly, printing fabric, QSDS, thickened dyes7 Comments

I am back from QSDS (Quilt & Surface Design Symposium) on the campus of Columbus College of Art and Design in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

Painting my new apron

By: Lynda May 21, 2019June 5, 2019

Fabric paint, Jacquard Textile Paints, stencils, surface design, tutorialsJacquard Fabric Paints, layers, painted apron, tutorial10 Comments

I am so excited. I will be leaving Sunday for a week-long Pat Pauly workshop at QSDS (Quilt & Surface Design Symposium) in Columbus, Ohio. If you don’t know about Pat, she is a wonderful artist who makes contemporary quilts with her printed and painted fabrics. The class I’ll be taking is called “Glorious Prints.”

Upcycling Old Jeans

By: Lynda May 12, 2019May 21, 2019

Sewing, upcycling4 Comments

I love using my dyed fabric, but I have been wanting to try upcycling some old jeans and other thrift fabric I have around my studio. Before cutting up the jeans, I needed to decide what I was going to make. If I wanted straps made from the jeans I wanted to make sure I…

Ice Dyeing Old Dyes

By: Lynda May 6, 2019May 12, 2019

dyeing, fiber reactive dyes, ice dyeing, irisesfiber reactive dyes, ice dyeing, irises4 Comments

I showed you recently the results of low immersion dyeing using Dawn’s old dyes. If you missed it, here is the post. I wanted to see how they would ice dye. I only picked those colors that would split. Every one of the dyes pretty much split as expected except, again, the Royal Blue was…

Dyeing cotton vs 50/50

By: Lynda April 30, 2019May 6, 2019

dyeing, fiber reactive dyes, low immersion, overdyeingfiber reactive dyes, genealogy, John Simon Schatz, low immersion dyeing, overdyeing4 Comments

I really like dyeing t-shirts for Dave. He knows to buy 100% cotton ones since fiber reactive dyes are made to work on natural fibers. Well, he’s been taken lately with 50/50 shirts.

Printing with found objects

By: Lynda April 24, 2019April 30, 2019

Fabric paint, fabric printing, Jacquard Textile Paints, spray paints, tutorialsfabric printing, fabric tutorial, found objects, tutorial10 Comments

Sometimes it’s just fun to look around the house and start printing with found objects. That’s what I’m doing today. Clockwise is a potato masher, sponge, Tupperware lids, room keys, pool noodle and toilet paper rolls taped together. They are all sitting on the carpet non slip mat. Here is the first print. I covered…

Layering Stencils

By: Lynda April 16, 2019April 24, 2019

fabric, Fabric paint, Jacquard Textile Paints, stencils, surface design, tutorialslayering stencils, layers, stencil layers, stencils, tutorials6 Comments

Today I’m all about layering stencils using fabric paint. If you look at my post about soy wax batik, this is just a continuation of my love of layers. Here are my finished fat quarters of fabric. I love all of the layers. For the top piece, I use the following two stencils. Here is…

Printing with Ken’s Kumiko Stamps

By: Lynda April 6, 2019April 16, 2019

block printing, Fabric paint, kumiko stampkumiko patterns, kumiko stamp8 Comments

I have been so excited to show you Ken’s Kumiko stamps he made for me, and how they look printed on fabric. Recently I went to pick up my friend Barbara for our weekly coffee date. Before we left her house we stopped in her husband Ken’s workshop to see what he was making. He…