I’ve been walking past these plants every morning and evening for the last couple of weeks from my car to the office. They intrigue me because the leaves are rounded, the flowers are spherical and yet they look like thistles and should be prickly and have pointed sharp leaves. I expected the flower heads [...]
|
|||||
|
This is me since 8:45 this morning, when I read this email: Your quilt is here and safe. Thank you! My quilt Colour Vortex has found its way out of the black hole and has arrived in time to be shown in Houston. I am one happy bunny with a big Cheshire cat [...] Well when I had the inspiration for a quilt of colours disappearing into a black hole I didn’t really expect this to become reality. But unfortunately it has: I thought there was plenty of time for my quilt to arrive. It was posted off on July 5th at premium rate shipping that promised to [...] 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 [...] 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. [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
|||||
|
Copyright © Ruth Keys 2006 - 2012, all rights reserved. |
|||||
