Discover the fun of creating your own printed fabrics! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to design, carve, ink, and print your own blocks with confidence. Using simple, affordable tools and soft rubber blocks that carve easily, you’ll build skills that last a lifetime. You’ll work with high-quality, water-based textile pigments that become permanent after heat setting, and by the end of the class, you’ll have a collection of your hand-carved blocks, printed fabrics, and detailed instructions to continue printing at home.
This workshop is centered around printing repeat patterns on yardage. You’ll use your carved block to create a repeat across larger pieces of fabric, exploring how the edges of your block can serve as a self-registering guide for continuous printing. Jeanne will guide you in honoring the natural edges of your block, embracing the authentic, hand-crafted look of block-printed fabric.
No prior experience is necessary. (Please note: sharp tools will be used to carve the blocks.)

What You’ll Learn:

• Create original designs for block printing
• Transfer your designs onto carving blocks
• Carve blocks safely and effectively using carving tools
• Ink up and print blocks onto fabric
• Mix colors and experiment with layered printing
• Print repeat patterns across larger sections of fabric (yardage)

What You’ll Take Home:

• Knowledge and confidence to design, carve, and print independently
• Hand-printed fabrics you created during the workshop
• Your own collection of carved blocks
• A toolkit for printing at home
• A detailed handout with printing and setup instructions

Your instructor, Jeanne Brady is an award-winning textile print artist and the owner of Jeanne Brady Studio, a working studio in central Tennessee. A former Professor of Fibers at the Appalachian Center for Craft, Jeanne brings over 35 years of teaching and studio experience to her workshops. Her work has been published widely and is included in national and international collections. Jeanne teaches workshops across the country and offers private lessons, specializing in block carving and screen printing on fabric. Visit Jeanne’s website to learn more.

$420 – $485*