Lutradur: What to do with it?

We love working with Lutradur: it is so versatile. You can sew it, cut it, paint it, draw on it, anything you like. You can really let your imagination run wild.

However, if the sight of a blank sheet of lutradur fills you with creative dread, don’t worry we all feel like that at first. What’s more there is plenty of inspiration out there for anyone who is a bit stuck. So read on and we’ll give you some handy tips and links to galleries to get you started.

Lutradur artwork by Ineke Berlyn.

Lutradur is a mixed media fabric, so trying stitching it! Enjoy the fabulous textures you can create by combining it with different fabrics.

Once you are comfortable with that you can start to cut your Lutradur into any shape you like. Go crazy with patterns, don’t forget you can paint it or dye it (use disperse dyes not procion dyes).

Then you can take it all a bit further and add a bit of heat. Lutradur is happy to be ironed, but is much more exciting when you turn a heat gun on it and make it look distressed. Use a very hot heat gun and keep it moving quickly over the Lutradur for a beautiful, lacy effect.

If you still need some inspiration have a look at these websites and take some inspiration form the best in the business. Remember, the most important thing is to Go For It! Nothing is wrong if you are having fun.

Spun Art - http://www.spunart.co.uk/gallery.htm

Ineke Berlyn - http://www.inekeberlyn.com/gallery/

Lutradur Yahoo Group - http://www.flickr.com/groups/lutradur/

CT Publishing Blog - http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/03/02/lutradur-whats-lutradur/

And of course, our own page on Lutradur - http://inspired.colouricious.com/home/inspired-lutradur/what-is-lutradur

Altered Paper Packs

Altered Paper Packs
Originally uploaded by Colouricious

Join us at our Open Studios Shopping Day, 2nd April, and attend our FREE Block Printing Workshop or alternatively come and browse our many Altered Paper Packs- papers we have already printed, stamped and coloured for you- ready for you to use in you own mixed media work.

See previous post for details of the Open Studio event.

Bea Inspired!

Look at this- Bea in the Netherlands has created this wonderful table runner inspired by the christmas placemat we showed in the Talking Threads Christmas DVD. What GREAT work!!!
It is so exciting to see how one thing can inspire another- from a small placemat Bea was inspired to create something similar on a larger scale- with great success!

By combining patchwork, block printing and free machining you can achieve something really beautiful!
Thank you Bea for sharing your work with us. x

Join Us at Our Open Studio Shopping Day!

We are pleased to announce our first Colouricious Open Studio Shopping Day! Please click the flyer above to enlarge.

Feel free to pop in anytime throughout the day, we would love to see you! It will be a very informal, friendly event- come catch up with the Colouricious team, visit the studio, see some of our work and browse many of our gorgeous products.

·      Join in fabric printing.

·      Watch Talking Threads.

·      Preview the Inspired DVD Series.

·      Browse our beautiful wooden printing blocks.

On the day you will be able to buy colourful fabrics, artwork and much more! Browse and buy our wooden printing blocks, perfect for fabric design. We will be showcasing designs unseen on our website!

We look forward to seeing you there,

Best wishes and happy stitching,

from Jamie, Holly and the rest of the Colouricious team

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Sew, Knit and Natter Event in High Wycombe.

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She's a dedicated follower of....embellishing!

We have just been told about a wonderful blog... Jan has been very busy, following our dvd Inspired Embellishing Level 1 and has come up with some great work! Looks like Jan has had great fun playing and experimenting with her embellishing machine! Thank you for sharing with us your work, we love it!

Happy embellishing and keep posted, Inspired Embellishing Level 2 is only weeks away from being released! Stay tuned!
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To see Jan's work click here.

Gilda Baron

In February we had a wonderful day filming with Gilda Baron, a truly talented textile artist. Gilda shared with us many of the techniques she uses to create her intricate and breath-taking landscapes.
The DVD- Inspired Textile Landscapes with Gilda Baron- coming soon Spring 2010!

For more pictures visit the Colouricious Flickr Photo stream- click here or follow the link on the right.

Behind The Scenes!

We have been sooooo busy filming the Inspired DVD series these past few months. I'm guessing many of you would like to see whats been going on behind the scenes...

All eyes on Mary!

The Colouricious team take over the cameras!

Dressing the set for Inspired Lutradur with Inke Beryln.

The director Andrea talks thought the next chapter with Ineke & Jamie.

Mary and Emma

Filming Inspired Embellishing Level 2