And We Have a Winner...

Blue Glue Gel and Freezer Paper

Thank you all so much for your comments over this past month. I put the names (and there were LOTS of them!) in a "hat" (really a paper bag) and had hubby pull the winner...

Congrats to:
CraftALife who commented on January 3rd. Please get in contact with me so I can send off your signed copy of Fabric Printing at Home and 1 yard of Prepared for Dyeing cotton (My email is: threadborn@cox.net).

For those of you who didn't win...I hope that you enjoyed these tutorials. You can find many more interesting fabric printing techniques using materials you have at home in my book, Fabric Printing at Home. Why not pick up a copy? It's a great family-friendly reference!

If you haven't already signed up for my FREE online newsletter, Julie B Booth Surface Design News, hop on over to my blog...the sign up is in the right-hand column. The newsletter arrives in your email about once a month and has lots of kitchen-inspired fabric printing projects.

The "reboot" of The Printed Fabric Bee continues on February 7th with the first post by Susan Purney Mark. Susan will be focusing on using painted fusibles to create texture and design on fabrics. Sounds really interesting!

Fabric Printing at Home Blog Tour February 1-14! Join the Tour!

February 1st marks the start of the Fabric Printing at Home Blog Tour. Hope you'll "hop" on over to Julie B. Booth's blog to check it out! (February 1-14)

Fourteen days and fourteen opportunities to win copies of Julie's new book, Fabric Printing at Home: Quick and Easy Fabric Design Using Fresh Produce and Found Objects. The tour includes a number of Bee members: Lisa Chin, Lynn Krawczyk, Jane Davila, Carol R. Eaton, Judy Gula, Susan Purney Mark, Deborah Boschert, Lynda Heines and Jackie Lams.

Julie will be posting every day on surface design tips, favorite tools and materials and special Valentine's Day-themed projects using techniques from the book. In addition, Julie will be offering "door" prize giveaways every day.

Hope you Join the Tour February 1-14!

Sunflowers for Susan

I love December, not only is it Christmas, but its also my birthday on Dec. 7th (and I'll be 60 this year!!!) but best of all, its my month for the Printed Bee! Golly, it's just so exciting!
My theme was sunflowers, with their rich colours and cheerful disposition, they seemed like a great choice to challenge all the Bee artists! 
So, here's the picture of all the fabrics made for me.....

I'll add the missing ones as they arrive. 
As usual I'll be sending out a selection of 6" squares from all the artists to one lucky winner. All you need to do, is to add a comment below or at my blog and tell us how you would use the squares in a new project for 2015! I'd love to hear from you, and I'll draw a name on Dec. 15th......
BTW, did you see the great article about the Printed Bee and our inspirations in the latest issue of Quilting Arts Magazine?

Don't forget to stop by and see how everyone created their fabrics this month:

Deborah Boschert

Carol R. Eaton

Jackie Lams

Gerrie Congdon

Lynda Heines

Julie Booth

Lynn Krawczyk

Leslie Jenison

Judy Gula

Jane Davila

Finally...My "Industrial" Fabric

Julie B. Booth's "Industrial" fabric for Susan's collection.

I finally finished my contribution to The Printed Fabric Bee's Industrial Collection. It was due to Queen Bee, Susan Purney Mark, three weeks ago. But, as sometimes happens, life and vacation intervened.

Detail

From the beginning, this was a bit of a challenge for me. First, it was the color scheme...neutrals. I have to admit, I'm sort of a color junky. I often admire artists that have the ability to work with neutrals. So very subtle...where one tends to pay more attention to marks and texture. Often subdued color artworks can appear to be more sophisticated. Then there was the theme...industrial. I admit that I don't get that inspired by all things industrial. Fortunately, Susan had a very loose interpretation of the theme. She was more interested in old industrial...rust, peeling paint, etc....

(If you'd like to know more about the many steps and techniques used to create this fabric visit Julie B. Booth's blog post here.)