I’ve just signed up for Freeform Screen Printing at Quilt University. It’s been a while since I took a course there as I couldn’t really cope with any other courses on top of my C&G. It meant taking time off the one course to do the other. I’ve been keeping a look out for this course [...]
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Not being satisfied with the results of my tests I did some more research on the subject of inkjet printing on fabric. This is a short summary of what I discovered with some suggested reading. There is an important difference between the type of ink your printer uses. It is either dye-based or pigment-based. You need to [...] Well I won’t be needing to repeat the washing of the trial prints. The results are quite clear cut. The laser printer lost in a big way. Today I put both pieces of fabric into a washing net (for washing delicate things) and then put them into a 40 degree wash with washing powder for coloureds [...] I have been using an Epson Stylus D88 inkjet printer to print my quilt labels. The reason for choosing this printer was the DURABrite Ultra pigment ink, which according to the manufacturer “provides the water, smudge, and light resistance”. I haven’t had any problems with the quality of the printing, but I have had the paper [...] We were away for two weeks in Spain, getting back last weekend. I have had a crazy week at work following my return. And now a busy weekend, so no sewing or handcrafting getting done at all in the last three weeks or so. Although officially my holiday, it didn’t feel like that most of the [...] Sorry about the title – it’s a bit naff imho, but that is what the Guardian chose to title the gallery of photos showing the work of inmates in Her Majesty’s Prisons. You can see the finished quilt ‘Wandsworth Quilt’ made by inmates at HMP Wandsworth that was produced on commission for the V&A Exhibition Quilts [...] I so liked the skin of the website that Sqeze built for our Use Your Eyes blog, that I decided I wanted the same one for my own blog. No sooner said than done. Site admin alias Sqeze has spent this weekend giving me a new skin too. I hope you all like it as much [...] I was browsing the Guardian newspaper website and came across this set of truly amazing images. Entitled Hiding in the City the artworks show the Chinese artist Lui Bolin camouflaged against city locations in China and the UK. I really had to look quite hard to find him in the final image of [...] I first read about Valerie Goodwin in Dec 2009 /Jan 2010 issue of Quilting Arts. Her quilts appeal to me. I like the bird’s eye view and her use of colour. She is an interesting quilter as she has a degree in Architecture and teaches classes in architectural design. She has a web site and [...] I got up very early on Sunday – for me. We were booked onto a guided tour around the Botticelli Exhibition at 10:15 in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt. Just recently we have been to a couple of guided tours around exhibitions and have really enjoyed them. So it was a relatively small price to pay to get some culture. It had the added advantage that we got a parking space practically outside the exhibition and beat most of the crowds to see the exhibition. It is very popular. The tour was well organised with everyone being given a headset and the tour guide using a microphone. So despite it still being quite crowded we could still hear everything well. The tour lasted about an hour and took in 6 or 7 of the paintings, which was quite enough. The choice of paintings was also very good to cover a wide range of the works. The tour guide was obviously knowledgeable and told us lots of interesting background information, including some about how the exhibition was organized and how the paintings were transported.  Idealized Female Portrait, Städel Museum, Frankfurt Continue reading Botticelli Exhibition |
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