Summer Stamp & Stitch – Virtual

In this fun virtual workshop, you will learn how to carve rubber stamps and use them to create your own, unique, hand printed fabric. Artist Lisa Thorpe will share how to design a focal point block and a repeat pattern blocks. She will demonstrate her favorite techniques and tricks to designing and carving a rubber stamp that you can use again and again for both fiber and paper arts.

Once you have printed on fabric with your stamps, Lisa will share how to embellish them with hand stitching to make your designs pop and show techniques for making a special printed fabric Valentine! Don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of stitching experience, your stitches can be as simple or as complicated as you want. Lisa will share a myriad of ways she has used her hand carved stamps in art quilting, mixed media art, and clothing embellishment.

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Design, transfer and cut out a rubber stamp block
• Print on fabric with your rubber stamp
• Create a unique, printed fabric Valentine embellished with hand stitchingSkill level: ✂️This class is open to all levels 12 years and up
  Supplies:A complete class kit will be mailed to you for this workshop.* Your kit includes:
  • 3 blank soft rubber blocks in 3 sizes and shapes
  • carving tool
  • permanent ink pad
  • 12×12 square of white linen
  • Skein red embroidery thread
  • embroidery needle
  • printed instructions

  *All kits will be mailed to participants. The last day to register for this class will be January 20th to be sure the kits arrive on time. Shipping to US participants only.

This class will be recorded and available for students to view for 2 weeks after class.