Hi All, I just found this group and am excited to hear about what everyone's doing. I have been a self-taught quilter/patcher/fabric manipulator (lol) since sometime in the 70's (I hate to admit!) My passion is color, and I love dyeing and surface design on fabric, trying new combinations, letting my imagination gallop all over the place. Lately I've been doing Zen-inspired altar hangings.
I'm also a Zen priest and do counseling using a technique called Focusing, which has really helped me in my creative endeavors. Please visit my new website at
Jane Dunnewold's Complex Cloth book is one of my all-time favorites, and I recently got the Workshops DVDs, which is tremendous. If you subscribe to my newsletter on my website (you can unsubscribe anytime) you'll soon get my Sept. one which tells about adventures with dyeing complementary colors, and even brings in the "Zen of Dyeing!"
Any other surface design folk out there? I was especially interested that Jane Dunnewold often uses fabric paint rather than dye for her top surface--so much easier, I'd think!
Best, Jan Hodgman