Monday, October 6, 2014

Block of the Month - October 2014

Every month our carpenters in India prepare for you a special selection of unique wooden printing blocks, that can only be sourced through Colouricious. Although you may not wish to think about Christmas right now, you might find it very useful to get started now on preparing, thinking and even creating your Christmas projects. We have a wonderful selection of Christmas wooden printing blocks online for you in our Christmas Crafts section of our website.


See the biggest festive selection in the world in our Christmas Crafts category
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With this super boxed set, you have endless projects in countless variations and combinations of block printing!


If you believe in angels, this host will inspire you for card making, tags and wrapping paper.


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Do you love to share your creative skills and techniques with the younger members of your family ?


There is also a category dedicated to children – Fun Crafts for Kids


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Click here to see the
entire wonderlicious selection of
festive wooden printing blocks


 


Latest Arrivals


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September has been an extremely busy month with boxes of blocks arriving from India. Our carpenters have been extremely busy carving the most wonderful wooden printing blocks.
Check out the latest arrivals!


The Stencil Shop


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We have also re-stocked our stunning supply of stencils!
Check out the super selection


 


Colouricious Holidays


Our holidays to the regions of India that specialise in Bandhani Tie Dyeing are fully booked, but our Embroidery Heritage Textile Tour of West Bengal includes a day at a weavers studio where you will experience fabric dyeing as well as block printing. It is a wonderful trip and you will see and learn so much about embroidery and fabric crafting. You can read more about the trip on our website. If you would like to come to India in December 2014 to take part in several block printing workshops, with real Indian printers, we still have a few places left. We will be doing 2 block printing workshops, one in a factory in Jaipur and one in a rural village, to compare the contrast. We will also be taking part in a Dabu Printing Workshop – where you will actually print your own fabric using mud (!) and wooden printing blocks. You will then Indigo dye your fabric, which you get to bring home with you. Fabulous fun! For fuller details see our


Block Printing Holiday in Jaipur


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have a look at the lovely hotel we will be staying in during our holiday in Jaipur – it is right next to the Old Pink City.


Colouricious Holidays


Our Next Textile Show


The Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace opens on 8th October for 5 days and we are already building up our stock of new blocks and crafting ideas. It is our last London Show before Christmas so if you can get to the show make sure you come and say hello so you can see the lovely gift ideas we have for all our crafting friends

Our very last textile event of the year is going to be at the Harrogate Knitting & Stitching Show.


Block Printing Workshops


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We have had the most wonderful year teaching block printing workshops to quilting and embroidery groups across the UK, America & Europe. We are now accepting bookings for 2015. If you would like me to come to teach your group how to design their own fabrics for their quilting, embroidery and sewing projects, please do phone us to arrange the date. I am very happy to travel far and wide to share my love for block printing.

Learn, Create, Be Happy!


kind regards


Jamie Malden
Colouricious



Block of the Month - October 2014

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