Fabric Design: Block Printing
Join artist and author Jen Hewett and learn to block-print your own fabric designs. Learn to carve blocks, print them with water-soluble inks, and build design repeats for custom fabrics you can sew…
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Join artist and author Jen Hewett and learn to block-print your own fabric designs. Learn to carve blocks, print them with water-soluble inks, and build design repeats for custom fabrics you can sew into garments, quilts or home dec projects. An easy apron pattern is included for your first yard of block-printed fabric!
Fabrics, Blocks & Designs
Ready to print your own custom fabric for sewing? Artist and author Jen Hewett walks you through the best types of fabrics to use, the best carving blocks for beginners, and the included class designs, along with tips for creating your own designs.
Carving Blocks
Learn how to work with soft carving blocks, including tracing and transferring designs, using carving tools properly, and safety and troubleshooting tips.
One-Color Printing
After setting up your printing surface, discover tips for mixing inks and applying ink to the block, and applying the correct amount of pressure for beautiful prints.
Printing Straight Repeats
To create fabric for sewing, you’ll want your designs consistently spaced across the surface of your yardage in a repeat pattern. Learn Jen’s easy method of using clear acrylic rulers to print a basic repeat for your first custom fabric!
Two-Color Printing
Build your skills by learning to work with more than one color and combining blocks, as well as creating two-part designs using two aligned blocks. The possibilities are endless.
Brick Repeats & Apron Project
Start to build complexity in your fabrics with a brick repeat pattern, made by offsetting some of the block placements on your fabric. Then follow along as Jen makes a simple apron with the included pattern. Sew one up; you’ll need it for your block-printing adventures!
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