Red is one of my favorite colors. It was a joy to work on this quilt.

It all started with two pieces of art cloth. The one you see above with washable paper-cloth made from recycled newspapers and 4 different color reds: salmon, orange, pink, dark red and light red. And a greenish, white and pale pink colored cloth.

Because I wanted more lettering in my design pieces of laminated magazine clippings were applique in some areas.

Embroidery stitches were applied all over the surface following the shapes originated by the dye. Different color red threads were used.

Only in one area white thread was used.

After all the textured embroidery stitching was done was time to sew the three layers together with the help of the sewing machine. I followed the square shapes and used 100 weight thread.

I love the texture created by the different weight of threads applied by hand and machine and the different texture created by the recycled newspaper, magazine clippings and paint.

Featured Workshops

NEW workshop, it's called: Washable Paper-Cloth

It is a Multi day Workshop

Let’s recycle paper and create art. This is an environmentally friendly class. First, we will learn how to make *washable* paper-cloth with recycled newspapers. This is my original technique to obtain a seamless integration of paper on cloth that you can iron, paint and sew by hand or by machine. We will also learn how to create our own fabric paint. It will be formulated for the exact color we want. This paint formula can then be used for matching future color projects . We will work with our own resist, do repeats and add colored backgrounds. Then we will learn how to prepare magazine clippings to easily applique by hand on to cloth. The last day we will design a small collage with the paper-cloths we made and sew accented details by hand.

This is the result of many, many years of experimentation and includes a lot of techniques, such as:

- create your own resist (economically)

- learn how to mix your own fabric paint and how to create your own color formulas which will be an invaluable reference for the future when you want to use the color you choose and not the color that chooses you! This new paint leaves a soft hand on the cloth, making it easier to sew by hand or machine.

- how to do repeats

- we will work with small pieces

- we will be sitting down for part of the processes making it easier to work...ehem play since this is a multi day class.

- we will design a small collage with some of our *new* paper-cloth fabrics.