Indian Colours in your Craft Projects

Indian Colours

Now the days are getting colder (at least they are in the UK!), what better time to start using the lovely warm and vibrant colours that you can see in all of the videos we have made from our wonderful trips and tours to India. The bright yellows, oranges and reds really bring crafting projects to life and will certainly make your next craft project really stand out.

Colouricious has a number of wonderful videos made on our trips and tours of India and they all show the lovely colours that you could be using.

If you are tempted by the colours of India having watched the video, then we would welcome you on any of our textile trips and tours. Take a look at our Textile Holidays to see which tour you would prefer, they are all super trips of a lifetime.

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Colouricious Tutorials

This weeks tutorial is perfect for this time of year. It is easy to do and will be perfect for working doing with children.

How to make a Christmas Cracker

If you have a particular tutorial you would like us to cover in more detail please contact us and let us know the tutorial you are looking for and we will do our best to get it uploaded and sorted out for you.

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Gift Vouchers

It is now only 3 weeks until Christmas so if you still have some gifts to buy then why not get some Colouricious Gift Vouchers. They can be used to buy any of the wonderful products we have on our website and would make the perfect Christmas gift for the crafters in your life. Check them out here.

Check out the Gift Vouchers here!

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The Stencil Shop

We have a wonderful selection of Balzer Stencil Art Designs that have proved to be very popular with the Colouricious Club members. If you use stencils or are interested in learning how to use stencils on your block printing projects then this is the place to go.
Check out the video and our super selection

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Textile Shows

The shows for 2014 have all finished now and we are planning our calendar for the 2015 shows. We will be updating our website and keeping you all informed of the shows we will be attending as soon as they are all confirmed.

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Block Printing Workshops – More Workshops – Easier to Book!

We have arranged two workshops especially about Block Printing covering everything from Pattern Theory, Colour Mixing and Layering. If you are a keen block printer or just a novice then this workshop will be perfect for you. The dates of the workshops are:

Tuesday 6th January

Tuesday 13th January

If you are interested in attending this workshop then take a look at the Block Printing Workshop page of our website. Click on the booking tab and from there you can choose the date you want to attend and then make payment.

We have courses arranged for all of our workshops and we are planning on creating more workshops as well in 2015.

Learn, Create, Be Happy!

kind regards

Jamie Malden
Colouricious

Indian Colours in your Craft Projects

How to make a Christmas Cracker

How to make a Christmas Cracker

You will need:

Some Christmas hats

Some cracker snaps

Some snappy jokes

Some gifts

A4 Card

Paper or Fabric for decoration

Ribbon

How to make a Christmas Cracker Instructions

1. Trim the A4 piece of card to about 15cm (6”) wide.


2. Score three lines 6cm, 8cm & 10cm from each end of the card.


3. Fold along the 8cm line from both ends and then fold back on the 6cm line at both end.


4. Fold back on the 10cm lines so you create a “V” shape at both ends of the card.


5. With the card still folded along the 8cm line, cut out small triangles along the crease line at each end to form the necks of the cracker.


6. Make sure there are spaces between each triangle. These spaces need to be small enough to make the cracker easy to pull but not too small to make the cracker split.


7. Roll the card up and roughly fix it together with tape. The tape will be hidden by your decorations.


8. The cracker is now ready for decoration.


9. Block printed paper pr fabric is perfect for decorating your cracker.


10. Once decorated use some ribbon to tie up one neck of the cracker.


11. Slide the cracker snap into place affixing it at both ends with some tape.


12. Drop the gift, hat and joke into the cracker and then tie up the end with some more ribbon.


13. Your cracker is now ready to be pulled and enjoyed!

How to make a Christmas Cracker

Weaving - contemporary & traditional natural rugs

Weaving contemporary and traditional natural rugs in India

watch this video to see how beautiful rugs are hand woven in India, usually natural hand dyed wools.

Learn more about Colouricious Textile Holidays

Weaving - contemporary & traditional natural rugs

Creative Art Textiles

If you love creative art textiles, you will love gelli printing. This is a mono printing technique, using Gelli Art techniques. Watch this gelli arts play list to learn how you can improve your creative art textiles.

Creative Art Textiles


to learn more visit Colouricious Gelli Plates

Creative Art Textiles

Print your own fabric

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Print your own fabric

Creative Workshops

Block Printing Workshops

CREATIVE CRAFT TEXTILE WORKSHOPS

Textile Workshops –  Block Printing Workshops with Jamie Malden

The teaching point for this textile workshop is about textile design. You will learn how to hand print your own fabric, which is then used for a huge variety of sewing projects. Perfect for quilting arts, textile art, patchwork and embroidery. If you are a quilting group then we will also develop your printing skills in this textile workshop by incorporating layers – combining colour contrasts and definition. In the textile workshop for embroidery groups you will learn how to create some stunning textile art for your stitching – be it hand or machine embroidery. These textile workshops are suitable for all levels – from total beginners to more experienced creatives.

When you book this textile workshop, you do not need to bring anything except an apron. All the materials, paints and wooden printing blocks are provided in the price. So learn to block print til your heart’s content!

Learn a little about the ancient history of block printing.

We have always had very positive feed back about our block printing textile workshops – as we have a busy structured day. Book Now!

If you are in interested in any of the Colouricious workshops, please do not hesitate to contact us via email, or call us on 01494 72147

Jamie Malden MA Bed (Hons)

- professional block printer and textile tutor

My personal teaching style: – I have been a teacher for 30 years. I like my lessons to be well planned, prepared and organised. I like my students to always feel they have all got tasks to do and are not sitting waiting for the next instruction. Busy structured focused lessons. I am happy if at the end of my lessons, my students feel that they have learnt a great deal and have improved their skills. Different teachers have different styles and bring out different aspects in their class. I feel happy to teach didactically in a more formal structured way, to learn the rules, which we then move onto break! Happy Block Printing!

See our full range of wooden printing blocks

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Recommended by our ladies –

1) Manor Barn, North Road, Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 5NA

Creative Workshops

Find out more about Hand Embroidery

Hand Embroidering with Colouricious

Hand embroidery is a lovely way to embellish and bring your block printed project to life. There are hundreds of stitches that you can learn that will really make your projects unique and special. The beauty of hand embroidery is that you can add embellishments such as sisha mirrors and beads as you embroider to make more complex designs.

Colouricious has a Hand Embroidery page on its website which includes lots of videos on hand embroidery techniques from many of Britains leading textile artists.

If you are interested in learning more about hand embroidery we have a DVD made with Gilda Baron that covers lots of the aspects of textile crafting, fabrics and embroidery. The DVD is on special offer at the moment, so why not take this opportunity to get this DVD; it would make a wonderful Christmas gift for a fellow crafter.

Buy Textile Landscapes DVD

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Colouricious Tutorials

This weeks tutorial is perfect for people who love making hand made gifts for Christmas and they technique is versatile enough to be used for many different projects.

Bead Making using block printing and old paper

If you have a particular tutorial you would like us to cover in more detail please contact us and let us know the tutorial you are looking for and we will do our best to get it uploaded and sorted out for you.

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Colouricious Christmas Blocks

It is just over 5 weeks until Christmas so if you have plans to make any gifts or decorations now is the time to get started. Colouricious has a wonderful range of Christmas blocks for printing. I am confident that you will be able to find some blocks that would be perfect for your Christmas Cards or table decorations.

Check out the Christmas blocks here!

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The Stencil Shop

We have a wonderful selection of Balzer Stencil Art Designs that have proved to be very popular with the Colouricious Club members. If you use stencils or are interested in learning how to use stencils on your block printing projects then this is the place to go.

Check out the video and our super selection

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Colouricious Holidays

We have some wonderful trips and tours lined up for 2015 and we would love for you to join us. Each trip will be unique and certainly be something to create memories that will last forever. Whilst there will be a significant crafting aspect to each of the tours, it is worth remembering that India and Vietnam have so much to offer the traveller, that even the non-crafter will still find plenty to see and do. The sights, sounds and smells of these countries will stick in your mind as we explore and see villagers at work. The holidays will appeal to photographers and anybody who is keen on exploring and seeing India and Vietnam.

Visit our Textiles Holidays page to see the trips we have already organised for next year. Booking forms can be downloaded from each holiday page and you can reserve your place.

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Our Next Textile Show

Our last show of the year finished yesterday and we are now back home working on our crafting ideas and gifts for Christmas as well as deciding which shows to attend in 2015. We will let you know as soon as we have sorted out our calendar where you can come and see Colouricious in 2015.

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Block Printing Workshops – More Workshops – Easier to Book!


To complement the email we have organised a Hand Stitch Embroidery workshop to be held in Amersham. You will get the chance to spend the day with me as we learn new hand embroidery techniques.  The workshop will be run on:

Sunday 22nd February

If you are interested in attending this workshop then take a look at the Hand Stitch Embroidery Workshop page of our website. Click on the booking tab and from there you can choose the date you want to attend and then make payment.

We have courses arranged for all of our workshops and we are planning on creating more workshops as well in 2015.

Learn, Create, Be Happy!

kind regards

Jamie Malden
Colouricious

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