Surface Design

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Comment by Nola Roberts on September 18, 2009 at 7:21pm

What i love is painting calico and stitching onto it Will upload a photo

Comment by De Crow on May 12, 2009 at 12:34pm

I'm De from Oklahoma and came to CQing from a mixed media background. I'm new, new, new to CQ International (and relatively new to CQing) so please let me know if I blunder with anything - I just want to join in on the fun and learn and share what little knowledge I have with others.

I've been printing on fabric for quite a while (have an online store that has fabric collage sheets), and also do transfers using Transfer Artists Paper (TAP) as well as with transparencies. I use an Epson printer with DuraBrite inks (I noticed a questions about fading, washing, etc.). With these types of inks there is no need to use Bubble Jet - and they don't fade, bleed when washed - they have an archival period of about 70 years I believe! The colors are bright and saturate well into the fabric. I hope this info is helpful...

Comment by Chris Evans on April 21, 2009 at 9:16am

Hi I am a newbie here. I have studied surface design for the last 5 years at college and i love it. I really enjoy printing and screen printing especially thermofax screen prints.I am working on a piece of organza which i am screen printing and then i will embellish and then add stitch. Its going to be a curtain.Well that is the design and the plan, seeing it hanging from a window will be an other thing LOL. Hope to get to know everyone here. Love Chris

Comment by KimTillyer on April 17, 2009 at 6:56am

Hi, I'm Kim. I'm a freelance textile designer struggling with a very slow internet connection! Favorite techniques include heat transfer printing, digital print and hand embroidery. Oh, I also write a blog http://Witchmountain.wordpress.com which is celebrating it's1st birthday on the 21st April and I'm giving away a handmade notebook to one lucky reader...
Best wishes to you all.x

Comment by Ruth Lane on April 13, 2009 at 12:58pm

Welcome Cindy! Sounds like you're well on your way using all those techniques.

Comment by Cindy Harwood on April 11, 2009 at 8:41am

Hi everyone. I'm Cindy and I just joined in. I have been dabbling in hand-dyeing, painting, monoprinting, stamping, ink-jet printing and the like. I need to get more serious about it. I make art quilts and I really want to create really interesting and complex surfaces for my backgrounds before I begin the collaging and quilting.

Comment by DebraAnn on March 15, 2009 at 2:56pm

Hi I'm DebraAnn. I'm mainly a hand embroiderer and mostly on muslin but I have recently started to get a little more adventurous watercoloring my fabric and trying to think of other interesting things to spice things up.

Comment by Marlis on March 15, 2009 at 1:15am

hi, i just joined stitchin fingers and this group. i am a textile artist living in switzerland. i love many aspects of surface design. in may i will be in italy and take claire benn's class "breakdown printing and beyond".
http://marlisegger.blogspot.com

Comment by Gillian on November 23, 2008 at 5:32pm

Hi I'm new.
I've done a bit of mixed media stuff and have just started to do some stitching too, machine and hand embroidery and attaching fibres etc.
This looks like the place to be.
A challenge sounds good if you don't mind beginners

Comment by Donna Hoskins on September 25, 2008 at 9:51pm

Hi everyone! I'm Donna from the US. I do lots of fabric painting, dyeing, paintstiks, crayon, beading, stitching, etc. to add texture to my quilted pieces. Looks like the group has a nice mix of people doing different techniques.

Can we get some kind of challenge or theme going so we can share knowledge between the group members? I'd love to learn about other techniques.

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