Printing Adventures in Woodstock, Virginia

Phyllis A.

I am just back from teaching a one day printing workshop in Woodstock, Virginia. Well...actually...I don't know if we were exactly in Woodstock for the workshop itself...but close by. My friend, Trudi, asked me to come give a workshop for her quilt guild. Trudi lives in Woodstock in a beautiful home on 11 acres of land. I was invited to come out the afternoon before the workshop and spend the night. I spent a lovely dinner and evening with Trudi, her husband, George and some of the quilt guild members.

Skeeter S.

The workshop was a variation of my Beyond Potato Prints workshop. I lugged two big bags full of veggies from home to play with. Also, moldable foam blocks and craft foam blocks. You can see that students had fun designing their blocks and carving vegetables...

Glenna D.: Print blocks

Lynne C.: Carved vegetables

Marty H.: Print blocks

printing samplers...

Zoe H.: Print sampler

Glenna D.: Print sampler

Skeeter S.: Print sampler

Nancy R.: Print sampler

Lynne C.: Print sampler

and then putting it all together to create some fabulous fabrics!

Margie M.

Margie M.

Mary

Mary

Casey

Lynne C.

Marty M.

Phyllis A.

Phyllis A.

Skeeter S.

Trudi V-D.

Trudi V-D.

Nancy R.

Zoe H.

Thanks to all who came from near and far to take the workshop. I really had a great time watching you experiment and stretch!

Tuesday Quilters and Veggie Fun

Jennifer's carrot patch

I'm posting this a week late but last Tuesday I gave my Beyond the Potato Print workshop to the Tuesday Quilters quilt group.

We had great fun chopping, cutting, carving and printing (and occasionally munching) fruits and vegetables. Here's a selection of prints from the group...

Ann H.: Onions, sprouts and carved radishes

Ann H. Brussels sprouts

Barbara E.: Snow peas, potatoes and onions

Donna R.: Potato tic-tac-toe

Janet W.: Cabbage and onions

Floris F.: Brussels sprouts

Melanie G.: Potato "leaves"

Melanie G.: Star fruit

Thanks for a fun day!!

Turnips and Carrots and Pears...Oh My!

Floris F.: Lime and lentils

Yesterday, I taught my class, Beyond the Potato Print.

Floris F.: Carrot and turnip

Floris F.: Garlic and onion

Floris F.: Pomegranate

Floris F.: Broccoli and carrot

Turnips, carrots, onions, cucumbers, broccoli, pomegranates, pears and more were transformed into print blocks!

Barbara H.: Pear

Barbara H.: Pear

Barbara H.: Lime and pineapple

Barbara H.: Bay leaves

We had an occasional customer poke her head in...a bit perplexed...a cooking class in the fabric store?

Betty F.: Potato

Betty F.: Carrots and cabbage

What we were cooking up were some delicious fabrics!

Camilla L.: Pear and potato

Camilla L.: Pear, potato, turnip and carrot

Camilla L.: Lime, potato, turnip and carrot

On another note...I was so excited to receive my first paycheck from Quarry Books! Now I really CAN say that I'm an author.

Lynn Krawczyk has announced the winner of the fabric packet from The Printed Fabric Bee over at her blog, Smudged Textiles Studio --Congrats, Marsha!

Beyond Potatoes

Fabric detail by Julie B Booth

Today, I taught my new class, Beyond Potato Prints.

It turned out to be a private lesson. Perhaps that could be blamed on the time change or the unbelievably beautiful day.

My student, Haleh and I created our own beautiful and colorful day: Cutting, carving and printing fruit and vegetables.

Haleh A. printing a colorful fabric.

Fabric by Haleh A.

Fabric by Haleh A.

Fabric by Haleh A.

Fabric by Haleh A.

I continue to be amazed by the versatility of this simple concept.

I'm considering challenging myself to create one-of-a-kind yardage with this technique. Just like a monoprint, it could never be repeated, as the fruits and vegetables are perishable...within a day or so, they start to soften and change. I would have to work quickly finishing a yard or two in a day.

Fabric detail by Julie B Booth

Fabric detail by Julie B Booth

I wonder...would that process be considered a form of wabi-sabi?