Open Studios: Monoprinting

My friend and fellow Quilt Alliance board-member, Michele Muska, of Simplicity Creative Group, sent me this photo, taken while I was demonstrating gelatin-plate monoprinting in the Craftsy Open Studios.
I made a fine mess and had a lot of fun!

Assisting with the Craftsy Open Studio set-up

Open Studios lives!  One of my favorite activities in past years at festival was participating in Open Studios, once sponsored by Interweave.  I enjoyed talking to festival attendees, demonstrating a variety of things such as screenprinting, monoprinting, free-motion quilting, and more.
It was thrilling to learn that Craftsy decided to underwrite this wonderful part of Quilt Festival!
Here are some scenes from the initial set-up:

Belen Timmons poses in one of the Open Studios windows

Here comes the Open Studios sign!

Pokey brought props from home and Jamie contributed 

a few of her vintage patterns

I stuffed some of my hand-dyed cloth into my recently-acquired paint cans

from the Moda booth.

Jamie and I hung letters from our "clothelines" in each section.

The Open Studios area was located just inside the Food Court area.

It was a fantastic location because there was a lot of traffic through this area,

and many people pulled up chairs to sit and watch the various artists 

demonstrate.  So much fun!

To see more images from Open Studios, please visit Pokey's blog.

Visit Me In Open Studios Brought to You by Craftsy

Visit their website!

I'm excited to tell you that I will be one of the artists working in Open Studios area at the International Quilt Festival in Houston.  This wonderful event will be in a new location this year and will feature a design area and a painting, or "wet" area.  Craftsy is sponsoring this wonderful set of events.  Please stop by their website and check them out!  I hope you will stop by and say hello while you are at the festival.  I can't wait to see you!  I'll be there on Thursday from noon-2:00, and Friday from 2-4pm.
Here is the entire Open Studio schedule during festival:

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Thursday, November 1

10:00 a.m.-Noon
Lynn Roddy Brown, Piecing Triangle Units
Nancy Goldsworthy, Couching Chunky & Challening Threads
Cheryl Sleboda, Light Up Your Quilts!
Barb Forrister, 3D Flowers

12:00-2:00 p.m.
Joyce Hughes, Thread Painting
Jamie Fingal, Rebel Quilting
Leslie Jenison, Monoprinting on Fabric
Marlene Glickman, Surface Design with Sticks, Clamps, and Stamps

2:00-4:00 p.m.
Sarah Ann Smith, Thread Painting
Teri Lucas, Fusible Appliqué Cards
Sara Hochhauser, Dye It, Sew It, Wear It
Michele Muska, Making Felted Fabric

4:00-6:00 p.m.
Martha DeLeonardis, Twister Designs
Cyndi Souder, Curved Piecing with Tiny Seams and Persuasive Pressing
Christen Brown, Ribbon Work and Hand Embroidery
Ana Buzzalino, Stitched & Painted Landscapes

Friday, November 2

10:00 a.m.-Noon
Christine Adams, Stitched & Collaged Fabric Books
Cathy Franks, Couching with Yarns to Create Leaves and Flower Shapes
Mary Anne Griffin, Painting Fabric
Judi Hurwitt, Gelatin Monoprinting

Noon-2:00 p.m.
Ana Buzzalino, Stitched & Painted Landscapes
Joyce Hughes, Raw-Edge Appliqué
Barb Forrister, 3D Flowers
Helen Gibb, Silk Ribbon Embellishments

2:00-4:00 p.m.
Ann Petersen, Beyond Basic Machine Quilting
Leslie Jenison, Free-motion Quilting for Art Quilts
Lynn Roddy Brown, Piecing Triangle Units
Jamie Fingal, Mixed-Media Quilting

4:00-6:00 p.m.
Peggy Martin, Paper Piecing
Timna Tarr, How to Appliqué Circles
Marlene Glickman, Foiling Fun with Sheers for Collages
Susie Monday, Stamp Carving for Art Quilts & Mixed Media

Saturday, November 3

10:00 a.m.-Noon
Ann Petersen, Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine
Carol Ann Waugh, Stitch & Slash
Lynn Krawczyk, Shadow Printing
Pokey Bolton, Monoprint, Screen, & Stamp

Noon-2:00 p.m.
Karen Linduska, Creative Uses for Decorative Stitches
Jamie Mueller, Cathedral Windows
Marlene Glickman, Surface Design with Sticks, Clamps, & Stamps
Christine Adams, Stitched & Collaged Fabric Books

2:00-4:00 p.m.
Susie Monday, Drawing with Stitch
Pokey Bolton, Mixed-Media Postcards
Esterita Austin, Creating Quilt Portraits
Judy Murrah, Collage Greeting Cards

4:00-6:00 p.m.
Patt Blair, Painted Quilt Art
Ann Petersen, Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine
Liz Kettle, Beading on Fabric
June Colburn, Artful Collage Appliqué

Sunday, November 4

10:00 a.m.-Noon
Nancy Goldsworthy, Couching Chunky & Challenging Threads
Liz Kettle, Machine Stitching Tips & Tricks
Christen Brown, Ribbon Work and Hand Embroidery
Martha DeLeonardis, Twister Designs

Noon-2:00 p.m.
Pokey Bolton, Mixed-Media Postcards
Ruth Chandler, Modern Hand Stitch
Judi Hurwitt, Cut Stacked Journaling
Cheryl Sleboda, Light Up Your Quilts!