With Leah Higgins Last week I had a wonderful time in Manchester, UK, taking breakdown printing course with Leah Higgins. Leah Higgins is a well know textile artist and a wonderful teacher. I've been wanting to learn this technique since I bought Leah's book but actually I didn't know where and …
Fabric dyeing
Ghanaian Textiles
Leaving for Ghana and knowing that my trip was going to be short, I decided that the main focus should be on Ghanaian textiles. Just because textiles brought me there. My first meeting with Ghanaian textiles was when my friend Nancy shipped a set of fabrics for quilts. Then I researched …
Witchcraft
I've already told many times that here, in Lithuania, or in neighboring Latvia, there are no quilting fabrics available. We, quilters, have to find our ways to get fabrics and other supplies. I dye my own fabrics. Usually I use Procion MX dyes. They give bright colors that I like very …
