Tag: Tsukineko Inks

  • Another Great Festival

     Pokey, Melly Testa, Me, Jane LaFazio, Jamie Fingal and Leslie Jenison George R Brown convention center, on the right My week started by meeting several friends for dinner Monday night a few hours after I arrived and I knew then festival had officially begun. Me, Alisa Burke, Tracie Huskamp, Lesley Riley, Marilyn Huskamp and Rebekah…

  • Ink Potion No. 9 with Tsukineko Inks Tutorial

    Ink Potion No. 9 with Tsukineko Inks Tutorial

    I just bought a relatively new product from Tsukineko Inks called Ink Potion no. 9 to find out how it works with the All Purpose Inks. One purpose of the solution is to help blend ink colors. From my estimation this could be a good alternative to working with aloe vera gel to lighten and…

  • One month until Quilt Festival

    Just a reminder that I will be teaching two classes at the International Quilt Festival Chicago in April. On Thursday April 16th, I am teaching a three hour class on Tsukineko Inks. I will demonstrate two different methods for working with the inks; the dry brush method using the fantastix foam applicators, blending colors on…

  • North Suburban Needle Arts Guild

    This week I gave a lecture and taught two workshops for the North Suburban Needle Arts Guild. What a great guild, there are quilters, doll makers, beaders, knitters, etc., basically all kinds fiber artists. I taught Painting Fabric for Whole Cloth Quilts the first day and using Tsukineko Inks the second day. Because I consider…

  • International Quilt Festival Chicago

    Are you going to quilt festival this spring? I will be teaching two classes at IQF Chicago in April. On Thursday April 16th, I am teaching a three hour class on Tsukineko Inks. I will demonstrate two different methods for working with the inks; the dry brush method using the fantastix foam applicators, blending colors…

  • the dermis layers

    This piece represents the dermis layers of our skin. The funny little wiggly things are our sensory organs, the rest are all the cellular layers above the fatty tissue (not shown). This is approx. 20″x 8″

  • Quilted Mitochondria

    Quilted Mitochondria

    This piece is about 10 inches across.