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Posted June 11th, 2013 by Roxane Lessa

Playing with Heat & Shape

IN THIS ISSUE 

  • FEATURE ARTICLE: Playing with Heat & Shape
  • CONTEST RESULTS:  And the Winner is………..
  • ROXANE RECOMMENDS

 Every now and then, a new material comes on the market to try.  I have been playing with Heat & Shape (The Revolutionary Heat Moldable Batting).  Why, you may ask?  Well, because it’s cool, I say.  It can be quilted, heated and shaped to any shape or form.  You all know I’ve been working with 3-D Sculptures like this:

3-D sculptures

Carnival Trio

So I am pleased to announce that I like this stuff.  You can also use it for bowls, purses, masks, etc.  It will crinkle and shrink if you add enough heat with your steam iron.  I found it pretty easy to mold.

Yesterday, I made this piece with a piece of Shibori fabric I had dyed.  I want to mount it on a deep red canvas.  Maybe add some beads?  You can order yours from Innovative Craft Products.  

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Shibori fan

 And the Winner is……

Last week I had a contest to name this baby: 

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Out of all the entries, I liked one of  Sandy Small’s.  He will win the printable jpeg of this piece.  The name I liked is “Melt”, because of the heat the colors and shapes suggest.  Congratulations Sandy, and thanks to everyone who played name this  art quilt game!

 

ROXANE RECOMMENDS:

Wedding gifts, grad gifts, anniversary gifts, birthdays are all good excuses to give someone a gorgeous Giclee print of one of my textile paintings.  Please email me (roxane@roxanelessa.com) if you are interested in ordering any of my work in a museum quality print.  Notecards are also available.  Calendars might be good too.  What do you think?

And don’t forget, I make custom commissions too!  Read what my client Glenda had to say about her custom commission experience:

“Normally, I would be anxious about commissioning someone to do a work of art such as this. However, I felt a connection to you when Leigh showed me your work. It resonated with me and when I met you, you seemed almost a personification of your work. I immediately felt comfortable with you and knew that what you would create would be stunning. And it is!” 

About Roxane

Roxane is a full time studio textile artist and teacher with two girls and 1 fat cat.  She is a 2012 Niche Award Winner and exhibits her work all over the world.  Roxane enjoys traveling, knitting and most of all working with students who want to create their own fiber art, and not simply make other people’s patterns.  Her work is in several private collections and loves doing custom commissions.

If you and a small group of folks want a more private instruction experience, call me.  We can work out a studio workshop in my studio. Just drop me an email:  roxane@roxanelessa.com

  Permission to duplicate: You certainly can use this blog, just be sure to credit me and include this link, Roxane Lessa.  Hey, if you like this blog, please hit the FB or Twitter icon in the top right sidebar and share with others!  That’s why they are there…..:)

 

 
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Posted June 5th, 2013 by Roxane Lessa

Name This Baby

IN THIS ISSUE 

  • FEATURE ARTICLE:  Name This Baby
  • ROXANE RECOMMENDS

Remember this one?

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I finally got around to quilting this baby.  I’m having a contest to name it.  If you come up with the winning name, I will send you a downloadable picture you can print out at a decent size!    So put on those thinking caps, and answer this question:  What does it make you feel like?  Please help me name this baby by  commenting in the comment section and submit your name.  I will announce the winner next week.  :-D

Here is the finished piece:  Can you tell I was having fun with feathers? There is bobbin stitching, hand painted fabric, hand dyed fabric by Sherol Lappala, batiks, and even a few scraps of my shibori hand dyes.  I always say, whatever gets the job done.

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ROXANE RECOMMENDS:

Wedding gifts, grad gifts, anniversary gifts, birthdays are all good excuses to give someone a gorgeous Giclee print of one of my textile paintings.  Please email me (roxane@roxanelessa.com) if you are interested in ordering any of my work in a museum quality print.  Notecards are also available.  Calendars might be good too.  What do you think?

And don’t forget, I make custom commissions too!  Read what my client Glenda had to say about her custom commission experience:

“Normally, I would be anxious about commissioning someone to do a work of art such as this. However, I felt a connection to you when Leigh showed me your work. It resonated with me and when I met you, you seemed almost a personification of your work. I immediately felt comfortable with you and knew that what you would create would be stunning. And it is!” 

About Roxane

Roxane is a full time studio textile artist and teacher with two girls and 1 fat cat.  She is a 2012 Niche Award Winner and exhibits her work all over the world.  Roxane enjoys traveling, knitting and most of all working with students who want to create their own fiber art, and not simply make other people’s patterns.  Her work is in several private collections and loves doing custom commissions.

If you and a small group of folks want a more private instruction experience, call me.  We can work out a studio workshop in my studio. Just drop me an email:  roxane@roxanelessa.com

  Permission to duplicate: You certainly can use this blog, just be sure to credit me and include this link, Roxane Lessa.  Hey, if you like this blog, please hit the FB or Twitter icon in the top right sidebar and share with others!  That’s why they are there…..:)

 

 
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Posted March 5th, 2013 by Roxane Lessa

Fabric Marking for the Creative

IN THIS ISSUE

  • FEATURE ARTICLE:  How To Mark a Doodle on Your Fabric
  • COMING SOON

FEATURE ARTICLE:  How To Mark a Doodle on Your Fabric

Want to know how to  mark a complicated design on your fabric for quilting later?  It’s so easy, you’ll smack yourself upside of your head that you didn’t think of this yourself!  I know I did. :)  Refer to the gallery of pics below.

1.  Get your doodle or clip art and a piece of clear acetate and trace the main lines with a Vis a Vis marker.  (This is will wash off with water so you can reuse the acetate).

2.  Copy your tracing with a copier onto regular paper.

3.  Grab your fabric (pre-fuse the back if you like), place a sheet of Transdoodle transfer paper under your copy and on top of your fabric, powdery side down.  Then trace with a ball point pen and make sure your lines are transferring onto the fabric.

4.  Hints:  Pre wash fabric to get any sizing or other gunk off your fabric.  Apply pressure with your pen to make sure lines transfer.

 How is this useful?  In soooooo many ways.  Say you want to copy a portrait of your pet, but you don’t trust your drawing skills.  Or an entire city scene in a photo, but shucks, you never learned perspective drawing.  Or a really good doodle you made and want to use as a quilting design.  I think you get the picture!  Where can you get this magic Transdoodle?  Go to Mistyfuse.com and order from my friend Iris.  I don’t get a kick back, I just really like the stuff.  It’s also easy to remove, with a little damp sponge and water, but not until after you’ve quilted it.  How about you- do you have any easy ways to mark your fabric?

It’s stuff like this that will be included in my ROCK YOUR QUILTING RETREAT coming up next month.  If you are interested in finding out more, just email me- roxane@roxanelessa.com

 

COMING SOON

Rock Your Quilting Retreat

April 26, 27, & 28

Benson, NC 

More about this soon!

May 25: Fused Applique and Paint Class, Thimble Pleasures, Chapel Hill

 

Testimonial:

I wanted to tell you how much I really enjoyed the two + days with you.  I have taken at least 2 free motion quilting classes before taking your workshop and purchased an expensive stitch regulator foot for my sewing machine but never felt confident enough to do free motion quilting on a quilt. I was always afraid I would ruin the quilt.  After your workshop, I can free motion quilt with confidence without the stitch regulator foot!  I truely value your coaching style of teaching.  Your encouragement and constant nudges when discomfort/anxiety diverted focus from the task of learning free motion quilting technique were extremely valuable. ~ Nora Rhode

About Roxane

Roxane is a full time studio textile artist and teacher with two girls and 1 fat cat.  She is a 2012 Niche Award Winner and exhibits her work all over the world.  Roxane enjoys traveling, knitting and most of all working with students who want to create their own fiber art, and not simply make other people’s patterns.  Her work is in several private collections and loves doing custom commissions.

If you and a small group of folks want a more private instruction experience, call me.  We can work out a studio workshop in my studio. Just drop me an email:  roxane@roxanelessa.com

  Permission to duplicate: You certainly can use this blog, just be sure to credit me and include this link, Roxane Lessa.  Hey, if you like this blog, please hit the FB or Twitter icon in the top right sidebar and share with others!  That’s why they are there…..:)

 
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