tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post6422042783545334752..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Print fabric -- spawn of the devil??Kathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-36158356784857928772011-12-03T15:09:45.374-05:002011-12-03T15:09:45.374-05:00And I like and greatly appreciate your unapologeti...And I like and greatly appreciate your unapologetic opinions. You go girl! :)<br />-Jane (who adores prints but doesn't use them much anymore)Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12715563647548550582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-43581514468675702582011-12-02T01:43:32.778-05:002011-12-02T01:43:32.778-05:00I use commercial prints in my work all the time, b...I use commercial prints in my work all the time, both currently available fabrics to those from long, long ago. I use them as texture, as fragments of color and shape, and also to add a layer of meaning or commentary to the work.<br /><br />Linda LairdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-88606462915813786542011-11-30T21:17:27.586-05:002011-11-30T21:17:27.586-05:00I admire how people use solid color and hand pain...I admire how people use solid color and hand painted fabric in their work.Can't seem to use them.I use only commercial fabrics in my work.Especially like large scale drapery weight prints.Check out Rhoda Cohen,Ruth McDowell and Radka Donnell quilts.They and Edrica Huws use prints like paint.lucynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-71447763114894705172011-11-30T20:40:38.854-05:002011-11-30T20:40:38.854-05:00Can you tell I am tiredCan you tell I am tiredCedar Ridge Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797465737690843076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-76630463260007924632011-11-30T20:39:30.047-05:002011-11-30T20:39:30.047-05:00I can see getting out the paints and changing some...I can see getting out the paints and changing some of those prints, overdying others, discharging some,quilt backs, maybe soem aprons or tote bags.<br />Then they oculd just be jsed as prints to make a old fashion quilt.Cedar Ridge Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797465737690843076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-724734804969358102011-11-30T19:13:08.197-05:002011-11-30T19:13:08.197-05:00I like prints and am always attracted to them more...I like prints and am always attracted to them more than the solids in the store. Then I go home and want to USE solids and wonder why I own so many prints. <br /><br />Sara K's comment ^^ reminds me that I pieced a Native American design quilt for my grandmother (in solids) and put a kokopelli print on the back. She displayed it to the end of her days with the PRINT side showing. So much for all that piecing work. My husband loves to needle me about that to this day.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04373649059806920883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-66854551954053942412011-11-30T13:12:49.469-05:002011-11-30T13:12:49.469-05:00I, too, have a stash of prints I just couldn't...I, too, have a stash of prints I just couldn't pass up.<br />My excuse is that I can always put them on the backs of my quilts. In addition to the work of Edrica Huws, check out Leslie Gabrielse who uses nothing but commercial prints.Sara Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556721838727534202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-11976265585824981062011-11-30T11:05:19.759-05:002011-11-30T11:05:19.759-05:00Prints remind me of how I shop for clothes these d...Prints remind me of how I shop for clothes these days. I love the way the fashion world is combining flowers and geometrics with frills and lace but it never quite looks good on this body of mine. I always end up with those understated solids instead. Using prints in my work is challenging, it always seems like the print is asking for too much attention.paulahttp://www.paulakovarik.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-23633850760462973052011-11-30T10:55:56.621-05:002011-11-30T10:55:56.621-05:00I "inherited" a lot of commercial prints...I "inherited" a lot of commercial prints when my mother died--nothing that I really liked all that much, but I felt guilty about throwing it all away. I've been able to dye a lot of it so that the printed design isn't as prominent anymore and have used a lot of it, especially for quilt backs.Laura McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314349729986876724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-54768044071763344742011-11-30T09:02:12.810-05:002011-11-30T09:02:12.810-05:00Commercial fabrics can be great if used correctly ...Commercial fabrics can be great if used correctly in your art. I love to take bits and pieces of let's say a printed flower and use it to make something completely different.Dolores Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291686313609765926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-53751346119365464102011-11-30T07:56:36.371-05:002011-11-30T07:56:36.371-05:00In support of print fabrics making art see this ar...In support of print fabrics making art see this article about the work of Edrica Huws born 1907 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/aug/13/art and examples of her work here - http://www.quiltfest.org.uk/edrica-huws-2003.htmlLinda B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05490436237080230938noreply@blogger.com