Jeanne Aird's Art Fabric and Quilts
Monday, November 26, 2012
I'm in Quilting Arts for real!
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I just got home from work and was excited to see the new Quilting Arts magazine in the mail with my article inside. I've been waiting s...
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Using itajime fabric in quilts
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I love creating new fabric. In fact, I have overflowing piles of hand-dyes, discharged, low-immersion, soy wax batik, ice-dyed fabrics, you...
Friday, November 23, 2012
This is my very first post. I've been thinking about having a blog for years now and am going to give it a whirl. I'm being published!! The December/January issue of Quilting Arts will include an article I wrote about creating itajime fabric. This is a type of shibori resist fabric using clamps to hold the folded fabric tightly, so it resists the dye. Below is a photo of one of my pieces and a closeup of that piece. I used two wooden triangles clamped together over multiple-folded fabric. Then dye was applied and fabric cured. I love the unplanned interactions of the colors. They are delightful surprises!
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