Comments on: Setting the Stage http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:55:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-461 Sat, 09 May 2009 22:20:28 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-461 Julia,
I would love to hear more of your thoughts on Radka Donnell. I have not been able to get my hands on a copy. I thought of buying one also, but was discouraged by the cost. I will try and get one from the library too. I was familiar with Pat Ferrero’s film, but don’t recall having seen it. However, I would love to, particularly since those were the years I started quiltmaking. Another quilt documentary you might enjoy is The Great American Quilt Revival, a fascinating film about how quilts came to be recognized as an art form and the explosion of this craft in our current culture.
I will get in touch with you regarding a blog. Thank you for sharing this great information about Radka. I am going to email you and if you don’t receive it, please email me @ mendofleur@aol.com.

]]> By: Julia Moore http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-460 Sat, 09 May 2009 18:43:27 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-460 Dear Mendofleur, I have been following your blog ever since Jude Hill mentioned you. You have such nice things to say about fabrics, quilts and life. I was piqued by your entry about Radka Donnell’s book, Quilts as Womens’s Art: A Quilt Poetics. I went looking on line and her book is out of print, as you said, and old copies are selling for almost $100.00! My local library did not have a copy either, but were able to loan me a copy through our wonderful inter library loan service. (My copy is on loan from Forest Grove, Oregon.)
I wanted to tell you that by ‘Googling’ Radka’s name I came up with an interesting website of ethnographic documentary films. I found and watched this film: “Quilts in Women’s Lives”, a film portrait of seven quiltmakers by Pat Ferrero, San Francisco, 1980. Radka was one of the seven featured artists and it was fun to listen to and see her in person and watch her actually making a quilt. The other women in the documentary were also very interesting. The film was about 30 minutes long and very enjoyable.
So thankyou for dropping your seeds along the fiber path for me to come along and find!
Now I am reading Radka’s book and it is sparking questions. I am not sure if I agree with her premise or not. It would be a good book for seminar, she is very thought provoking. Well, I will read on before I form any hard opinions.
I would like to start a blog too, but have so many questions for which I can’t seem to find the answers from simply reading the ‘how to make a blog’ web sites. Would you be willing to give me some advice? I like the look of your blog very much.

Sincerely, Julia Moore

]]> By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-397 Sat, 02 May 2009 05:42:05 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-397 My paper is always jamming when I use this method. I had not thought of using the freezer paper technique and will be happy to see how this works for you.

]]> By: Deb G http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-393 Sat, 02 May 2009 02:46:44 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-393 I’ve used the sheets you buy. Also have tried taping fabric to paper and it jams. I haven’t tried ironing paper to freezer paper. I’m going to try that tomorrow.

]]> By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-385 Fri, 01 May 2009 15:32:30 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-385 Deb,
I am curious what you used for printing, if you used the sheets that you buy. My printer is fussy and every time I use fabric taped to paper it jams. Jude is going to do a blog on this soon and discuss techniques she uses as I think the medium tends to appear dull and flat when it is finished. I do think this has great potential though.

]]> By: Deb G http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-382 Fri, 01 May 2009 12:12:37 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-382 Well, you had me looking at everything I’ve printed and thinking about it.

I like my prayer flags a lot, but there is nothing surrounding them. They are just what I printed out on to the fabric. They are printed on a tightly woven cotton.

I did an experiment about 2 weeks ago that I didn’t share-I pretty much covered up the whole thing. Printed on silk organza.

I’ll probably play with this some more this weekend. I’m feeling challenged to make this work. :) I suspect the contrast of fabrics and the type of image being printed are important.

]]> By: Vicky http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-379 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:54:38 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-379 I mentioned this post on my blog, because the top picture looks like something my daughter was working on, for a report. I keep wanting to click the pic to see it up close.

]]> By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-378 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:44:41 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-378 Pat,
I like the idea of going “deeper into the unconscious”, with the thought that perhaps I might let go of my constant critic and simply dive in!

]]> By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-377 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:41:41 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-377 Jude,
Thanks for the idea. I will go over to your blog and look at this technique.

]]> By: jude http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/30/setting-the-stage/#comment-376 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:51:37 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=584#comment-376 i think you are right,,, printed images by themselves are a bit dull. i developed my skatching technique to address this. (patching over a sketch or picture. it will be interesting to see what you do with this one.

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