Here’s my slow-stitched pansy:
Who wants a kit to do this yourself?
Pansy
quilting
Sew What February 11, 2017
Sew what, open heart
You give and your heart feels warm
Does a body good.
Art Prescription: Never underestimate the power of giving of your time, your energy, your ear, your heart…someone out there needs you.
Mixed media with pen and ink, fabric, and improvisational sewing:
Tour of Spoonflower October 30, 2016
So you guys know that last week I went on a tour of Spoonflower with my art buddies. Here are a few highlights of our tour.
Spoonflower (from their about page):
“Spoonflower was founded in May 2008 by two Internet geeks, Gart Davis and Stephen Fraser, whose creative wives asked why there wasn’t anywhere to design custom fabric for their home décor. The first company of its kind, Spoonflower was launched in Durham, N.C., on that dream of empowering the individual to create on-demand, custom-designed textiles.
Eight years later, the Spoonflower community has grown to over 3.5 million individuals who use their own designs and our Marketplace to make curtains, quilts, clothes, bags, furniture, dolls, pillows, framed artwork, costumes, banners and much, much more. Spoonflower’s digital print process uses eco-friendly, water-based pigment inks and dyes which produce very little waste. And with over 350,000 designs (plus more added every day), the Spoonflower Marketplace is the largest collection of independent designers in the world.”
We began our tour in the lobby surrounded by samples of fabric, wallpaper, and gift wrap. We were greeted by Meredith Feingold, our tour guide, and she told us how the founders of Spoonflower started the company and how far it has come.
Spoonflower offers an array of fabric. When you place a custom order you can select the type of fabric your design will be printed on. The lobby boasts a wall of these samples.
Through the door to the right is the Greenhouse, their on-site teaching studio. I’d like to spend some time in this room!!
Now on to the working bits of the factory. This is where the magic happens via huge printers and skilled workers paying close attention to color and quality control.
From the print room the fabric is then cut and sorted for shipping.
If the fabric is found to have a flaw nothing is wasted as Spoonflower has a community outreach program.
We ended our tour checking out the newest addition to the company, Sprout Patterns and the Roostery. Go see what that is all about on Spoonflower’s site! http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome
I left the tour with ideas and inspiration and hope I will be sharing some new products here on the Art Prescription.
Hope you enjoyed following along with me!
Hand-sewn Quilt April 19, 2014
Grandma’s hand-sewn quilt
Cold and rainy April day
Three cats, one hubby.
Art Prescription: Today was a day for cuddling. I’m blessed to have many hand-made quilts. Both sets of grandparents were quilters, so after a busy week the Dyer family all piled into bed under one and took a nap…bliss! Watercolor sketch on a 3 x 5 index card.
Haiku October 1, 2012 Great Grandmother’s Quilt
Great Grandmother’s quilt
Offers warmth as degrees drop
Stitch by stitch with love.
Art Prescription: We are so lucky to have about five quilts made by my ancestors. Both my mom’s mother and my dad’s parents quilted, and this is back in the day where it was all done by hand! I remember my grandmother’s living room being transformed into a quilting bee as the furniture was moved back, the quilt racks went up, and she and my aunt would sit and sew for hours. Today I did a watercolor sketch of a section of quilt just for fun. Look around your house to find inspiration!
