One thing I'd like to do more often in '12 is make things for my home. I'll be taking inspiration from designs like this--a beautiful, block-printed hemp/organic cotton pillow from Home Sweet--and using the book 1-2-3 Sew by my friend Ellen Baker. I love this pillow that Ellen made using a technique detailed in her book.
Fun fact: Home Sweet does it all by hand including mixing the inks and carving the printing blocks used in their work. Check out the Home Sweet blog here.
I love Home Sweet! They've really modernized the wonderful traditional art of block printing. How exciting that you're going to try your hand at making a block print pillow.
ReplyDeleteI think once you get into printing a block print pattern, especially if it involved a variety of colors, you realize what an undertaking it really is!
Best of luck,
Heidi