Teaching

My friends Sylvia,  Anne, Helen and I had a play date 

while at the Utah Quilt Festival this week.

I set up everything in my hotel room

. . . with plastic trash bags covering the bed, table and floor. . .

. . .and we went to work.

Sylvia wanted to learn how to use a thermofax screen. . .

 . . .so I showed the 3 of them this simple surface design technique.

Sylvia had fun experimenting
on one of my ugly fabrics with a thermofax screen
I purchased from Lynn at Smudged Textile Studio.

Anne used one of the coneflower thermofax screens I created
on to a hand dyed fabric.

Helen used a paisley thermofax screen I had purchased from Judy Coates Perez.

 Helen used another piece from my ugly fabric.

I also showed them how to use a silk screen with a stencil.

After we finished screening, 

Anne wanted to learn how to carve an eraser stamp.

 I demonstrated using some of the giant Oops erasers I found last month.

Simple shapes can make beautiful designs!

Anne went free style. . .

. . . and made a fantastic background stamp.

Since I only had one set of carving tools, 

Sylvia and Helen tried out some of my hand carved stamps.

Sylvia continued with the key theme. . .

. . .while Helen mixed it up using a leaf stamp first. . .

. . .and then my circle stamps.

We had a fun afternoon!