Fruits and Veggies

       Last night there were six intrepid quilters who braved the snow and the wind to learn about Barbara's fruit and vegetable printing. She showed us how she prints but didn't do the actual printing there, as it is too messy! The fruit and vegetables should be firm  but not too hard to get good texture. She had prints with acrylic paints on different fabrics and paper. She usually tries a paper print first before using fabric. One thing Barbara showed was that much experimentation is needed to get your vision printed.

Carrots and Parsnips

Many pears with some over printed with bronze

These are designs carved in potatoes and printed on fabric

A group of geraniums printed on paper

Cauliflower

More cauliflower; red and green

Broccoli looks like cauliflower but with more texture on the top

Delicious Red Apples

Citrus; Lemons and Clementines

Over printing

Peppers, parsnips, cauliflower and mushrooms used for printing

Apple, pears, clementine and mushrooms

Listening intently to Barbara's explanations

Thank you Barbara for a very interesting demo. She handed out a tip sheet explaining what she did so we will wait to see who has extra fruit and veggies at home and fabric to print. 

Then there was some show and tell.

Mary T shows off her "Insect" batik quilt top

Mary S had some little boxes

Rita had another quilt top ready for a baby quilt.

Our show, Quilt Expo is in less than two months so there is lots of work to do!

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