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Block Printing Repeat Patterns

By: Pantera Saint-Montaigne

Creating repeat patterns is a timeless technique that is widely used in textile design. In this webinar with Pantera Saint-Montaigne, you’ll learn the essentials of printing repeat patterns on fabric. We’ll examine the way block printing, with small blocks, can be…

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#MQGKeepCalmandSewOn No. 07: Foam Stamp Printing

By: Bianca Springer

​ This is a fun and kid-friendly project that can be done at home with supplies you may already have. Plus, be sure to check out Bianca’s Instagram feed for additional crafting with kids inspiration, not to mention plenty of garment…

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#MQGKeepCalmandSewOn No. 03: Flour-Resist Surface Design

By: Bianca Springer

Creating unique fabric designs can be achieved with a few simple items that can be found in a kitchen pantry. Using flour-resist, boring fabric can be painted to give a crackled or layered appearance. With this technique, a base fabric…

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#MQGKeepCalmandSewOn No. 02: Stitch Resist Dyeing

By: Bianca Springer

​ Learn to work with stitch resist dyeing, a simple Shibori style dyeing technique that allows you to create loads of different repeats! Dyeing can be a great project to do with kids – think of the tie-dye experiments of…

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Textile Surface Design: Experimental Techniques

By: Tim Eads

In this webinar, Tim will demonstrate a broad range of experimental screen printing and pigment dying that work great for creating medium to large-scale fabrics. In addition to screen printing, Tim will show a series of monoprinting techniques like canning,…

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Making Your Mark on Fabric

By: Pantera Saint-Montaigne

Get ready to expand your stash with hand-printed fabrics. In this webinar, Pantera will demonstrate techniques that can be used to create unique, one-of-a-kind designs on quilting fabrics. Utilizing block printing, freestyle painting, and mono-printing, you’ll learn how to produce…

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Easy Fabric Dyeing: Create Your Own Solids and Tone-on-Tone Fabrics

By: Sue Bleiweiss

Sue Bleiweiss’s method for dyeing fabric produces a fabric with an unevenly colored surface — not only does it have a unique look, but it’s also super easy. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to create both solid and tone-on-tone…

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Surface Design with Miriam Coffey, Fresh Quilting 209

Design on the surface with textures and colors. Sewing educator and modern quilter Miriam Coffey pieces embroidered fabric along with solids to create new looks for accessories and home dec. Free motion quilt artist Christina Cameli stitches topographical…

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Designing Fabric with Leslie Tucker Jenison, Fresh Quilting 202

Create your own fabric with today’s technology. Quilt artist and blogger Leslie Tucker Jenison uses her computer to draw and print custom fabric. Designer Karen Womack share ideas for group quilting projects in your community. Sewing educator and…

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Fresh Quilting Episode 209: Block Printing by Krista Fleckenstein

Blogger and quilter Krista Fleckenstein carves custom blocks and prints custom fabric. Episode Handouts Block Printing Handout PDF Sponsors…

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Fresh Quilting Episode 202: Digital Printed Fabric with Leslie Jenison

Quilt artist and blogger Leslie Tucker Jenison uses her computer to draw and print custom fabric. Episode Handouts Digital Printed Fabric Handout PDF…

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Fabric Design for Quilters: A Crash Course

By: Kim Kight

Whether you’d like to design your own fabrics, want to know how to choose fabrics to make your quilt projects more successful, it helps to know about the fundamentals of fabric print design. This webinar will walk you through different print…

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