Monday, May 31, 2010

Silk Screening today...

I am being very adventurous and decided to make six t-shirts to include all of my grandchildren. I did have some knit fabric that needed to be used up. This is the boy version.
These are for the two girls.
Silk screening sure is fun. On the light shirt I put some pink set-a-color with water in a spray bottle and sprayed it on the shirt to add a little color here and there.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Good News

I put this picture on before I entered it in the California State Fair. It won honorable mention with the Meissner Sewing and Learning Center Award. Can't say I know what that is.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Doshi Influence

I folded and clapped this silk scarf using colorhue dyes to use for a sample for my next class I am teaching. The date is June 4th. Join us. You will have fun.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Doshi

I was able to attend a one day workshop with Doshi with my wearable art group in LA. She gave us so many ideas that I want to just try them all. She was very good and inspiring. This was a small scarf that I pole wrapped and then put into a acid dye bath.
This was a sample of silk noil doing some of the sewing techniques she taught and then used acid dye as well.

Friday, May 14, 2010

The next step

I can't believe I left my camera at my sons when I was on a visit. Unable to blog with pictures was the consequence. I am happy I am back into pictures. This the next step in my jacket that I am working on. I sewed the stripes on the muslin base and then free motion quilted. I have begun to add some detail embellishments with covered cord and metal decorations.