Artistic Artifacts is in Cleveland Ohio at the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo at the IX Center. Our booth number is: 610. The hours for the show are Thursday, Friday 10-6:00 and Saturday 10-5:30. Here are the photos of the booth- a sneak peak so to speak:
Come visit us, get inspired and of course shop!! See you there! Judy
Vintage Revisited is the baby of Mary Kerr. She gathered 19 quilters from around the country, various levels of experience and gave us a challenge. Yes! I was part of this wonderful challenge, my first ever! This challenge was right up my alley!! But there were deadlines…… and rules…..which I am not good at…… But I did complete all 6 quilts. Yeah me! Over 2 years Mary sent each of us the same vintage quilt block, we had to incorporate something of the block into a 24″x24″ quilt. We could use a part of the block or all of the block our choice. My first quilt incorporated a vintage embroidery, and that began my challenge within a challenge! Each of my 6 quilts incorporated a vintage embroidery. We at the Annex will get to enjoy the quilts in person, we have block #5 now hanging on our walls.
Here is my quilt:
Linda Cooper’s Quilt and check out Linda’s new website: http://lindacooperquilts.com/
This is my favorite… by Lisa Ellis, check out her website: http://www.ellisquilts.com/
So that is your peak at vintage revisited Block #5. Come by the Annex during open hours to enjoy these quilts upclose and in person. If you can’t wait to view each block on it’s own visit Mary’s website: http://www.marywkerr.com/index.htm
Mary will also be teaching classes at the Annex for you to create your own vintage challenge. First class is Thursday April 16th 12:00-4:00. Register online at: www.ArtisticArtifacts.com
In a earlier post, I showed you some quilts made from wool, cotton and felted fabrics. I got so excited that I dyed more wool fabrics. Of course the white wool suiting is the most wonderful, but the plaids, black/whites are pretty cool also. I have added many of the wools to my website for purchase. Navagation: fiber then click on wool.
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When I dye fabrics I am winging it! There is no science in my dyeing. And definately no repeatability. I truly dye by accident. But I do think that when you begin dyeing science is good. One of the best dye classes I have taken is with Carol Soderlund, website: http://carolsoderlund.com/ . She is very scientific, a great teacher and gave me several “ aha moments”. I thought that you had to dye wool and silk fibers with Lanaset dyes, I was dyeing wool this way for years when I was a weaver. You don’t. Procion Dyes with vinegar instead of soda ash, and heat works great! All of my wools and silks are dyed this way. In addition you can use dyes that have sat around too long for cotton!! Another aha moment!! That’s what’s nice about knowing your science!!
If you are interested in dyeing fabrics and/or fibers I recommend a class with Carol Soderlund and/or Ann Johnston. Ann wrote my all time favorite instruction book about dyeing: Color by Accident, low water immersion dyeing, which I carry and you can purchase by clicking on the link.
