Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Patchwork - A beautiful way to make a quilt
Patchwork
It is cool to be square!
Patchwork is a crafting technique that involves the sewing together of smaller pieces of fabric to make a larger design. It is often used to make quilts with the squares making a lovely pattern.
Our blocks are perfect for making patchwork designs, and if you dye your fabrics beforehand you will be able to create some beautiful unique squares. We have an excellent video showing how you can use our blocks to make a lovely patchwork quilt.
We also have loads of different pictures of patchwork quilts we have made so why not take a look at them and we hope they give you some inspiration.
Be an Early Bird and catch these beauties. If you love birds, this is the block printing set for you! Click here to see some ideas of what you can design.
Let’s go on a Treasure Hunt
Come with us to Northern India
This is a wonderful, luxury tour of Northern India taking in some amazing sites and places. It is a 15 day trip which starts in Delhi before moving on to Jaipur, Agra, where we will visit the stunning Taj Mahal before moving on the Lucknow and Varanasi before returning to Delhi and then home.
This is a special holiday and one really not to be missed. In addition to the well known places we will be visiting, we will also be taking in lots of other beautiful Villages, Gardens and even Palaces in these 15 days. We have called this trip a Treasure Hunt, but in truth you wont have to search very hard to find the treasures as they will just appear in front of you fay after day.
If this textile holiday is of interest to you then the full itinerary is on our website along with the link to our online booking form. We would love for you to join us.
Latest Arrivals
New printing techniques in our shop.
We have been adding to the stock we have in our shop and have found these lovely Moulding Mats. These rubber mats will enable you to put some super background patterns onto the fabrics you use for crafting which will be perfect to enhance the designs you create.
You can see all of the moulding mats we have as well as all of our other new items in the Latest Arrivals section of our website.
Stencils
New styles of stencils
We have sourced some lovely new stencil designs for you including this lovely Americana Finch. Use the smallest amount of paint when you use these stencils as a little really does go a long way and it will also prolong the life of the stencil if you use a smaller amount of paint.
Check out all the stencils we have available here.
Next Quilt Show
Alexandra Palace London UK in October
Colouricious has a stand at the London Knitting & Stitching show at Alexandra Palace in October and would love to see any of you that can make it there. I will be demonstrating some new creative fabric backgrounds for block printing, so come and be inspired. The Colouricious stand is Stand G32 and the show runs for 5 days from Wednesday 7th – Sunday 11th October.
Patchwork - A beautiful way to make a quilt
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Early Bird fabric design set
Buy this fabulous Early Bird set of wooden printing blocks and get the Colouricious Scrumptious set of fabric paints too. We only have 10 of these available at this discounted price so remember what the early bird catches! The worm.
Early Bird fabric design set
Saturday, September 12, 2015
The Early Bird
Presented in an A4 box, here is the most stunning selection of wooden printing blocks all your creative block printing.
The Early Bird
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Places to visit in Vietnam
Places to visit in Vietnam
The Cu Chi Tunnels were built in order to combat better-supplied American and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, Communist guerrilla troops dug tens thousands of miles of tunnels, including an elaborate network running underneath the Cu Chi district northwest of Saigon. Soldiers used these underground routes to house troops and supplies, lay booby traps and mount surprise attacks, after which they could disappear underground to safety. To combat these guerrilla tactics, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces trained soldiers as “tunnel rats” to navigate the tunnels while detecting booby traps and enemy troop presence. Now part of a Vietnam War memorial park in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), the Cu Chi tunnels are a very popular tourist attraction.
In all, at least 45,000 Vietnamese men and women are said to have died defending the Cu Chi tunnels over the course of the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese government preserved the Cu Chi tunnels and included them in a network of war memorial parks around the country.
Learn more about the history of the Cu Chi Tunnels.
Learn more about our Colouricious textile holiday to Vietnam.
Colouricious hosts many different wonderful textile holidays – check out Colouricious textile holidays.
Places to visit in Vietnam
Amerciana stencil finch
Amerciana stencil finch – small bird stencil – you can spray the back of the stencil with adhesive spray or tape to secure to the surface. apply paint to the surface with a roller (brayer), or sponge. blot off excess paint before applying to the stencil opening. For the best results use only the tiniest amount of paint
Amerciana stencil finch
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Altered Textile Art - Fabric for Quilting
Altered Textile Art – Fabric for Quilting
Would you like to create your own quilt ? You can design your fabric by using Colouricious fabric paint and wooden printing blocks for this project.
For more ars and crafts ideas, join the Colouricious Club.
Altered Textile Art - Fabric for Quilting
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)