Done! I want to bind all of my quilts with bright green.
March 25, 2014
Quilting it up #moderncolor #quilt (at Kansas City Textile...
Quilting it up #moderncolor #quilt (at Kansas City Textile Studio)
March 24, 2014
March 20, 2014
My book is at Sarah’s fabric in Lawrence! (at...
My book is at Sarah’s fabric in Lawrence! (at Sarah’s Fabrics)
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December 23, 2013
Workshops make great gifts!
For all of you last minute
Christmas shoppers like me, I just scheduled three dye workshops for the spring
at my studio in Kansas City. These workshops would make a great gift for the
quilter/maker in your life. I am happy to email you a special gift certificate
that you can print to give the lucky recipient. Or, give yourself a gift!
Here are my spring
offerings so far:
Saturday March 1
9am - 1pm
$75 + $25 supply fee
This half-day workshop for beginners is
perfect for quilters or anyone else who has always wanted to learn how to dye
their own fabric. It will include three different methods for dyeing cotton or
silk fabric, including custom dye gradations. Each participant will learn how
to safely dye fabric and create 2 yards of their own hand dyed fabric.
Saturday, February 22
9am - 1pm
$75 + $25 supply fee
This workshop is an
introduction to Shibori - the Japanese method of creating patterns on fabric
through resist dyeing. This technique is where common Tie Dye came from. Learn
three different techniques for creating beautiful patterns on cotton or silk.
Each participant will make multiple pieces of beautifully hand dyed fabric.
Some experience with dyeing fabric or yarn is helpful, but not required.
Saturday, February 8
10am – 4pm
Cost = $150 (includes dye and
auxiliaries, fabric is extra and can be purchased from me or you may bring in
your own white PFD fabric)
In this day-long fabric dyeing
intensive you will learn how to dye all of the fabric needed to make a quilt
top of your choosing. We will cover: calculating fabric needs for a quilt,
dyeing fabric to match your designs, and scaling dye recipes. There is homework
for this workshop. Each participant will come to the workshop with a quilt
pattern chosen ahead of time and a finalized color scheme with no more than 6 or 7 colors. Adjustments to color choices can be made in the
workshop, but its best if you have a clear idea of what you want your quilt to
look like coming into the workshop.
Depending on how many colors are in
your design, you may or may not have time to dye all of your fabric. You will,
however, have dye samples and scaled recipes to dye the fabric on your own or
during open studio time.
The beginning fabric dyeing workshop,
or previous dye experience, is a pre-requisite for this workshop. The workshop
is limited to 4 participants.
They are listed in my etsy
shop here: kimem.etsy.com.
December 9, 2013
Giveaway Day 2013!
Today is Giveaway day over at Sew Mama Sew and it's my birthday week (December 13!) so I am giving away a signed copy of my book "Modern Color - An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts"!
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The book is a beautiful DIY guide to dyeing fabric for quilters and walks you through 4 different dye techniques on 9 different quilted projects. I think it's a beautiful book and I couldn't be more happy with it!
How to Enter:
Tell me what your favorite color is in the comments. Make sure your email address is easy to find in the comment or in your profile so I can contact you if you win. The contest is open until midnight, December 13 and a winner will be chosen December 16.
Shipping:
I will ship internationally!
Also!!! If you don't win and still want a signed copy of my book, they are for sale in my etsy shop: kimem.etsy.com. As a special treat to all of you, they are 15% off through December 13th with coupon code "happybirthday".
Good luck! And don't forget to check out all the other great giveaways on Sew Mama Sew!
UPDATE!! 12/15
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest! I loved hearing your favorite colors. I used a Random Number Generator to pick the winner and it came up with #26. So "Darlington Gal" is the winner. Congratulations! And don't forget, if you didn't win but you still want a signed copy of my book, they are for sale in my etsy shop: kimem.etsy.com.
October 20, 2013
Quilt Market + Quilt Radio
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| This is what my postcard looks like on one side, for those of you that won't be there. |
I will also be talking about dyeing fabric, my new book, and my new adventure at the Kansas City Textile Studio tomorrow on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio. Host Pat Sloan will be interviewing me a little after 3:00pm Central. You can listen live here: http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/
The months are going so fast and I feel like I keep buzzing from one thing to the next without a break. So I'm going to go sit outside and have a beer. I hope all of you out there in the world remember to take a breath now and then!
October 13, 2013
I wrote a book!
This DIY book teaches you how to dye cloth by hand to create unique fabrics to use in modern quilt designs. Features 9 modern quilted projects, in multiple colorways, showcasing the beauty of hand-dyed fabric. Includes instructions for setting up a home dye studio with minimal equipment and teaches key mixing techniques. You’ll be able to make any color you want, including any value (lightness or darkness) and gradation, allowing for an unlimited palette and endless inspiration.
2 oz each: Sun Yellow, Deep Yellow, Light Red, Cerulean Blue, Black, and Khaki MX Fiber reactive dyes
8 oz. Soda Ash (dye activator)
4 oz. Synthrapol (to wash out the dye)
A dust mask
A plastic tub with latches to keep everything safe
My own basic dyeing instructions
Also, if you're in the Kansas City area, I'm having a book signing and trunk show on November 15 at the Kansas City Textile Studio (924 E. 5th St, KC MO 64106) from 6pm - 9pm. You can pre-order your copy and pick it up at the book signing. Use coupon code LOCAL at my etsy shop to take off the shipping charge.
July 11, 2013
News X 3
I have lots of good news to share. First off, I have spent the past three days making myself a new website. The address is the same: kimemquilts.com but it has a brand new look and is easier to navigate. Check it out and let me know what you think!
I am also excited about a new project I'm working on with my good friend Debbie Barrett Jones (she makes amazing woven panels and scarves). We are planning a community based Textile Studio in Kansas City. Basically, we want to create a place that fiber artists/crafters/hobbyists can go to safely dye fabric and yarn, work on bigger projects than they have room for at home, participate in fiber/textile events like show and tell, critiques, and holiday sales, and take workshops and classes. We are still in the planning phase and are looking for a space, but we created a survey to gauge interest. If you live in the Kansas City area and are interested, please fill out our survey.
My biggest news, that I am finally able to share with everyone, is that I wrote a book! It's called "Modern Color: An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts" and is being published by C&T Publishing, through their Stash imprint (they make cool sewing and quilting books). It is a beautiful book and will be available for purchase in November. I will be introducing it at Quilt Market this October in Houston and I can't wait! There are 9 hand dyed and quilted projects with complete instructions and a chapter on dye safety. Yay for safety! And books!
June 7, 2013
At the SDA Conference (vacation in San Antonio!!)
Today marks one week since I arrived in San Antonio, TX for the International Surface Design Association Conference. It's great here. Seriously. San Antonio is beautiful. There are so many amazing things blooming and the river walk is one of the nicest parks I've ever seen. I've also had way too much good food and good beer. I could probably live here. Except I would be sweaty all the time. It is definitely hot and humid.
Anyway. I came here to teach a 4 day per-conference workshop on Percentage Dyeing - the method I use that involves weighing your fabric and then using that weight to figure out the dye quantities. My students this week went through an exercise to choose a color palette, mixed a 36 hue, 2 value color wheel as a sample (that's 72 different dye samples), learned how to match the colors in their chosen palette, used the recipes they found through color matching to dye gradations, and learned how to ombre dye. It was a pretty intense 4 days with a lot of math, but my students were so great! I truly enjoyed every minute of the workshop and I'm excited to teach it again someday soon.
There was a gallery tour yesterday and I will be posting some photos from that later. Stay tuned! And check me out on instagram - http://instagram.com/kimemquilts
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| If anyone knows what this plant is, please tell me. It's gorgeous and it's everywhere here. |
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| This was just outside of our classroom at the Southwest School of Art. Check out all that dappled sun. The school is along the river walk and is so nice. Our classroom was in an old wine cellar. Tons of charm. |
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| My awesome students hard at work. |
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| Some of their color matching tests and a gradation at the lower right. |
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