Craft Napa 2021


I taught at Craft Napa three workshops: Surprise Printing on the Go, Instant Paper-Cloth and Hand appliqué with Paper and Fabric. It was fun to meet people from all over. Hard work but lots of fun. My heart is full. I am delighted that I could find kindred spirits who are willing to experiment with paper and cloth or unusual painting techniques. Thank you for letting me share my art with all of you!



QuiltNational 2109

At this year's Quilt National in Athens, Ohio, my quilt "Orange Blossoms" was awarded the *LYNN GOODWIN BORGMAN AWARD FOR SURFACE DESIGN*.
 
*Orange Blossoms* ©Margarita Korioth
   

I am so honored to have received this award at such a prestigious international venue! This mixed media piece was made with the technique I developed called INC-Infused Newsprint Cloth, which is a washable cloth made with recycled  newspapers.
 
This is my first year submitting a quilt to QUILT NATIONAL and also my first time attending. It was so very emotional! I made new friends, who are all wonderful artists with their own styles.
 
I only took a few pictures of the event because I was very busy talking and getting to know the other artists.

 
Standing with Jane Broemel to the left and Elizabeth Ferry Pekins to the right.Jane's art is pictured in the back.
 

Selfie with Betty Busby, a great artist I have admired for many years, I was so happy to finally meet her in person.
 

Here I am with Arturo Sandoval, who also won an award this year for Innovative Material. He loves to use plastic and other unusual components for his work.
 

I had a lovely chat with Joan Schulze, a mixed media artist who also loves to work with paper.
 
 
Standing with Kathy Ford. Her quilt is behind us.
 
 
Some of us sitting at the lobby, signing lots of autographs. I felt famous for a couple of minutes.
 

After the festivities were finished I gave a WORKSHOP for two full days in the art room upstairs.
 
 

Ann Judy, Sandy, Kathy and one more student that had to leave a day earlier.
 
What a *wonderful* group of ladies. We worked very hard. They learned my technique of  INC. We covered all kind of ways to use this technique: working with masks, by design, shapes, repeats and more.
 
Here are a few pictures of the students work:










 
 
A BIG thank you for all the staff at the Dairy Barn Arts Center for organizing very well the events and helping setting up my classroom and assisting me on all of my needs.
I came back home with a smile in my heart!

I am linked to: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/. Go and visit what the other artist are doing and get inspire!




An *Artful* Apron


This is the finished apron.
Techniques: INC- Infused Newsprint Cloth -WASHABLE-  with masks, silkscreened words and ice dyed fabric.
 

First ,the fabric was colored with the *Ice Dyeing* technique. It is a fun technique with unexpected and beautiful results.Two colors of dye has been used: chocolate brown and butterscotch.
 

 
INC- Infused Newsprint Cloth was applied with circle and triangle shapes. I found this image on a French paper and couldn't resist to use it...maybe I put that face when I am developing a new technique?! or...when something is not working...HA
 



 
And these are close-ups. The words says: BE BOLD -Tell your story.
 
I am linked to: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/. Go and visit what the other artist are doing and get inspire!


Painted Quilt *Finished*

 
It's Autumn in my part of the world so I decided to challenge myself to create a painted quilt to cover my legs while I am sitting reading a book (my other favorite activity- I am currently reading The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens-).

The finished quilt measures 45 inches by 36 inches. Let me share with you my quilt-making process.




I knew I wanted a painted quilt so I started experimenting with different type of paints and soon I discovered a *new* way of printing which I called *surprise printing*.
The name says it all: it is a serendipity process where you get different color design with each print. Perfect technique for making a pieced quilt top.

Well, if you have been reading my blog you must know by now that I usually make art quilts to be hanged on the wall which are heavily stitched by hand and machine with different kind of threads. For a utility quilt, I learned that you must take a different approach: less dense stitching!! And did I also mention a pieced quilt top???



  
After all the blocks were printed, washed and trimmed I started to play with them on my design wall. I was stuck so I decided to dye the backing fabric.
 


I used the ice dyeing method. The dye colors I chose: midnight blue and bronze from  HERE
Observing this fabric where the two colors meld in some areas and they stay separate in another creating an harmonious design with lines I knew what to do next!
 
I painted a stripe fabric with the same technique and with the same colors used on the blocks. Oh, I like that.

Cut also narrow strips to add movement and balance.

 
Once the pieced top was finished, I stitched in the ditch around each seam.

I am offering this as a workshop. Check details under the workshops category in my blog.

 
And here I am using my quilt and reading a new book. Exciting news about this book in my next post!