JCC Folkschool , Transfer paints 2022

JCC Folkschool in Brasstown NC, hosts several arts and craft courses every week at this beautiful campus . The last week of October is one of the most stunning times here. Colors to inspire you everywhere.

This week Transfer paint was on the menu, and this group of wonderful women from all over the country came together to learn something new. This was new to all, but several demonstrations and hands on instruction during the week got everyone inspired and ready to go.

First day was spent on painting papers (you have heard this a few times now)

Lots of painting and mixing colors going on. No rules, everything goes and  there were quite a few surprising results.                                                                                                                                 

Next, starting pressing and printing with the papers on poly/cotton fabrics

A few days in, and the wall in the very large studio was covered with vibrant colors. It is always amazing how different everyone's colors turn out. This time I have several old style irons on hand and the extra heat they put out really did make a difference.

Many small quilts got both printed and quilted this week

A small selection of this week's "production". Beautiful bright and strong colors. Just enjoy the diversity!

Friday night, closing of the week of classes, our display showed a few pieces, just to give everyone a peak of what was accomplished. This is very inspiring for me, cannot wait to start a few new projects  and paint some more papers. New leaves in the box are just waiting to be used.

Check out all classes offered at the Follkschool at folkschool.org

I will teach another class at the School in April 2023. 

 

Quiltcamp at Ripley: Fun with Painted Textures", October 2022

Ripley WV, was at it's most beautiful the second week in October, as about 150 excited quilters gathered to be part of the annual Quiltcamp.

The focus for my class this year was "Fun with fabric paints". We covered several fabric paint techniques, creating many pieces of fun textures to use in quilts or other textile art projects.

Painting with metallic colors. Lots of creativity here, and lots of experimenting with unusual color combinations. The result is a fairly soft fabric htat you can easily cut and sew, but looks like metal plates, bent and rusted.

Just beautiful how the colors work together here.

Next on the list was painted landscapes. Again lots of very fun colors. Wetting or damping the fabric will make the paint spread and blend.

Nice blending going on here.

Fabric drying on the bench gave this very nice criss/cross pattern as it was drying.

A beautiful landscape . Not much need to be done to this one.

Third technique was paint and salt. Mostly solid colors or two tone colors,  sprinkle with  different salt. 

Let dry and watch all the awesome patterning that develops. 

These are very vivid, like an explosion!

Rock painting is not really with rocks, but two layers of fabric where one is painted and the other layer is twisted. It creates some fun random color patches, which again can be painted to add a second color.

Last, just a little play with spray paint. Scrunch up fabric pieces and randomly spray paint with whatever colors you like. Some of these turned out really nice, and since all these paints are colorfast, they can be used in any quilt project.

This was 4 very fun days with a large group of women from all over the country. Check out "Quiltcamp at Ripley" for next October. There are classes offered for all levels and interests.

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Transfer Paint in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

 

Several good quilting friends got together in Oak Ridge, TN to play with the transfer paint technique. First day: lots of papers were painted in brilliant colors and textures after we had mixed our paint.

Second day: we spent most of the time transferring our painted papers onto poly/cotton fabrics and creating many brilliant and distinctive designs. The main resist for creating shapes is dried and pressed leaves.

Other shapes also create beautiful colors and textures. Everyone will get variations of the colors so all prints will be unique and ready to be stitched and turned into small or large works of art.

Happy quilters spending 2 fun and creative days together. Cannot wait to see what more they will do!