MORE FABRIC PRINTING

I had such a good time doing a presentation for the  Plymouth County Cranberry Quilters in Massachusetts last week. What a fun group. (Thanks to Phyllis for inviting me.)  

 

I wanted to bring along a few new things I was working on.

 

 Canvas printed with handmade stamps & found objects.

 

 Mobile made from leaf prints

 

 

 

 Wallhanging (strip pieced using hand dyed fabrics & machine quilted)

 

FABRIC PRINTING WORKSHOP

I did my

 "Tons of  Time-Tested, Tried & True, Terrific Textile Design Tips & Techniques for the Timid, Trepidatious & Truly Terrified"

workshop a few weeks ago with the Northern Lights Quilt Guild

in Lebanon,NH.

 

As always I learned as much from them as they learned from me. That's how it is when you get a group of creative people together and you explore all the things you can do using some basic supplies and simple, easy techniques.

 

Here's a sampling of some of the cool fabrics they created.

 

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This was a really fun day!!!!

HERE I AM IN CHILLY ATLANTA

I thought they called this place HOTLANTA.

Just arrived in Georgia this morning -whew it's cold & windy. Of course I left all my warm clothes in NH.  Murphy's Law for traveling -no matter what you pack, the stuff you wish you packed is not in your suitcase.

 Already hit a great quilt shop today

 Intown Quilters in Decatur - www.intownquilters.com

Lots of eye candy. Beautiful fun,fresh fabrics & patterns, especially if you like the Modern Quilting trend, which I love.

( Noticed that they also have Phyliss Anderson's templates there!)

 Tomorrow night I'm looking forward to presenting a lecture/demo for the

Spirited Quilters Guild in Duluth,GA

Here is a very nice promo for my program:
 Nancy Graham is a New Hampshire fiber artisan.  She has been quilting for over twenty years.  She is from a very crafty family – "they were always doing some kind of project".  She has done almost every form of crafting from sewing clothes, leather work, and tie dyeing to quilting.  There is nothing that she cannot make, but fiber arts have become her main focus.  She dyes and stamps fabric and machine quilts her projects.  One of her batik works has been displayed at the

New England Quilt Museum in Lowell , MA . 

Her lecture will provide the guild with several of her printing and stamping techniques and secrets.  Her style involves using found objects and making stamps from recycled materials.  This may provide guild members some ideas for ‘green’ projects. 

Soo Nipi Quilters

We had a wonderful guild program this week presented by Phyliss Anderson.

Phyliss has just written a new book, due out in June, titled  Sweet'N Sassy Templates Diamond Quilts.

Along with her new templates, she has created a foolproof method for creating diamond patterns with ease & accuracy. Although I'm not a traditional quilter I can't wait to try her templates with some hand dyes and bright wild fabrics.

This is the antique quilt that inspired her to design a way to simplify this pattern.

Her trunk show was wonderful and abundant - however I was assisting in holding the quilts and  just didn't get many pictures. The quilts were gorgeous.

Catch more here  www.silverthimbleonline.com