NEW Article in the French Magazine *Simply Moderne*

 


My latest article is out! It has been published in the French magazine SIMPLY MODERNE- ISSUE #25


I am on page 78. It's an easy technique where I show you how to use two wonderful fabrics that you have been saving and didn't know how to incorporated them into a quilt. TIP: you will need an inexpensive wooden hoop and some paint.

I hope you try it and enjoy the process as much as I did.


And this is the beautiful cover. (art by Anne-Marie Saudo)

*NEW* Article in Simply Moderne Magazine

 

I have so many news to share but I cannot do it in one post. I will write several entries in the coming days.

My latest article has been released! This is my sixth consecutive year writing for the French magazine Simply Moderne Magazine.


My article shows how to paint quilt blocks with a technique I've called *Speckle Paint*. And believe me when I tell you that you need a cheese grater for this technique.

It is a very complete article, with detailed pictures of every step. It is 8 pages long! I created this technique because *Speckling* has always intrigued me. I tried many different ways through the years and finally I discovered how to do it. Each block is different and yet the end result is a cohesive quilt top since the same design is repeated several times.


You can create your own screens OR you can get a set of two, the same designs I used on my quilt at My Store. 

Also inside this issue there is an article about Quilt National. To promote this event a group of quilts was chosen and to my surprise they included a photograph of my winning quilt as well. That makes me very happy. An unexpected surprise.


And here are some details:


My final quilt ( 50" x 74"):

I hope you will try this new way of painting. It's lots of fun :)
Stay safe!


International Quilt Festival 2109- Part ONE


This is my 5th year teaching in Houston! What an intense experience this last meeting was.  I met wonderful students, quilters and artists. I also reconnected with friends. I am grateful for the opportunity to teach at this show.

The photograph you see above is my quilt *BLUE* which was a finalist in the contest *The World of Beauty*.

I will share some photographs of the people I met. With early mornings and late nights to prepare for my workshops, I had little time to socialize.


Here I am with Vanessa (first on the left, my traveling pal and dear friend), me, Felice and Mary Ann (new friends I met in Cyber space).

 
I am glad I spent some time with Kate Colleran, who always comes for Market but this time stayed extra days that happened to coincide with my stay.

 
I had the opportunity to meet Ricky Tims, who interviewed me. He has a great personality.


I met sweet Jo Avery. We had great laughs together.

 
Every year I stop at the  French - Quiltmania booth to say hello to Carole (the owner). This time I remembered to take a picture with her. I can't believe it has been 5 consecutive years working with her publishing articles since the release of her magazine Simply Moderne. Currently I am working on next year's article!

 
This is my donation quilt for this year's silent auction, since Quilt Festival celebrated its 45 year Anniversary, I decided to write the word *sapphire* and the number 45 on the background . Of course it is a paper and fabric quilt. It has been made with the technique I developed and named INC (Infused Newsprint Cloth)

 
A picture taken from the second floor to give you an idea how big this show is. It basically occupies the entire Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston..



Some of the Blue and White Exhibit. These quilts look wonderful together!

It is a beautiful feeling when many people show interest to learn from my ideas. I work hard to create projects based on new techniques. My heart smiles when my students immerse themselves and realized they can also create in a different way.

Here are some photographs of my students.






















Houston celebrated *Dias de los Muertos* on November 1. I was lucky enough to pass through the park returning to my hotel and participate for a while in the festivities. The music was fantastic and the show phenomenal. All was in Spanish so I felt right at home !


My heart is content!

I did have time to take photographs of magnificent quilts which I will share in my next post.

*Simply Moderne* Magazine.. my latest Article

 
The summer issue Number 17 of SIMPLY MODERNE MAGAZINE is out.
It shows my latest article on page 120 under the title Technical Lesson. Here I explain how to print a whole quilt top with hand-made stamps and paint.
 
 
The inspiration for this project came when the Pantone color 2019 - Living Coral- was announced. I knew I had to do a project in this color so I started mixing the paints to achieve the exact hue.
 

The stamps were then hand-carved based on my designs included in the article.




You can easily follow the instructions on how to print the rows and on how to complete each motif.
 

 
Afterwards, hand stitching was done with 12w thread. I used the same color as the binding.
 

 
This is the finished *Stamped Quilt Top*  
 
I hope you will try to stamp your own quilt soon!.

*GIVEAWAY*

 
 
*Blue Ferns* technique used: Sun-Less Printing
 
Giveaway
How would you like to own a copy of the latest SIMPLY MODERNE #13 ?
 

Using my technique featured in the article you can paint different weights of fabric that can be used for wearable art, like the examples below:

 

 
Apron made with duck cloth fabric

 
 
close up
 

Silk scarf
 
You can watch  here the VIDEO OF MY TECHNIQUE
 
It is open to everybody, you can follow me here: Facebook Page or Instagram for an extra chance to win. Just leave a message below telling me which is your favorite color.
 
The winner will be chosen randomly Sunday, June 25 PST.
Good luck and Happy Painting!  

*Sun-Less Printing*

 
This is a detail of the my latest article *Sun-Less Printing* coming out this Summer in
Simply Moderne Magazine # 13. It is an easy and very gratifying painting technique, stay tune for more details.

Simply Moderne Magazine #9* My latest Article*

*Rainbow Flowers* 90cm -35 1/2 inches-
 
My latest article is out! I am on page 96 in the French magazine Simply Moderne number 9. In the article I teach you how to use liquid paint with hand-carved stamps.
 
It is a unique technique to achieve rainbow images on cloth.
You can also paint silk scarves or...
... a whole length of cloth like the one shown here.
This is a close up picture of the finished quilt. I used Aurifil LANA thread with the hug stitch!
I hope you will try it and have as much fun as I did :)