Pieces and Resistance

After yesterday's class I had a lecture, then there was show and tell of finished New Big Leafs. Cathie's is with Pennie for scale. ...

The Courthouse Quilters in New Jersey were my workshop today for the New Big Leaf. Such different leaves fell all day long. And I didn't...

The first Big Leaf quilt was almost a dozen years ago, and I've revamped it so the leaf floats in space. Tomorrow a group from the east ...

On our final day of printing we were just catching our stride. Lots of experiments happened, and Judy  monoprinted a line in a new way. I ha...

As the virtual workshop week unfolds, more sample yards emerge. I'll grab a yard and demo screen printing, scraping color, printing over...

The virtual "Go Big, Go Bold" printing class has just 8 students, and makes my screen appear neat and tidy with 9 little boxes. So...

The fun of printing is printing with abandon. Trying out new things, seeing the road more curvy than straight. So, day two brought out the w...

Thanks to Susan for reminding me about using Tyvek for a screen block. And to Gayle for suggesting the new cutting tool. Couldn't help m...

  Rochester Contemporary holds a member's exhibit each year, and so I dropped this "Blue Dice" off today. It makes it just und...

I've printed the photo of my yard, reworked the photo slightly finding relationships that are pleasing, and cut and shifted till the wor...

One yard of printed fabric will be the challenge. It's about 40" square, and a submission for a show needs to be less than 32"...