Fabric Design: Block Printing
Jen Hewett
Class Preview
1:20
- In-depth Instruction; over 76 mins
- On-demand video access anytime
- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
Fabrics, Blocks & Designs
8:57
Ready to print your own custom fabric for sewing? Artist and author Jen Hewett walks you through the best types of fabrics to use, the best carving blocks for beginners, and the included class designs, along with tips for creating your own designs.
Carving Blocks
18:03
Learn how to work with soft carving blocks, including tracing and transferring designs, using carving tools properly, and safety and troubleshooting tips.
One-Color Printing
13:08
After setting up your printing surface, discover tips for mixing inks and applying ink to the block, and applying the correct amount of pressure for beautiful prints.
Printing Straight Repeats
14:10
To create fabric for sewing, you'll want your designs consistently spaced across the surface of your yardage in a repeat pattern. Learn Jen's easy method of using clear acrylic rulers to print a basic repeat for your first custom fabric!
Two-Color Printing
11:04
Build your skills by learning to work with more than one color and combining blocks, as well as creating two-part designs using two aligned blocks. The possibilities are endless.
Brick Repeats & Apron Project
10:38
Start to build complexity in your fabrics with a brick repeat pattern, made by offsetting some of the block placements on your fabric. Then follow along as Jen makes a simple apron with the included pattern. Sew one up; you'll need it for your block-printing adventures!
Join artist and author Jen Hewett and learn to block-print your own fabric designs. Learn to carve blocks, print them with water-soluble inks and build design repeats for custom fabrics you can sew into garments, quilts or home décor projects. An easy apron pattern is included for your first yard of block-printed fabric!
Jen Hewett
Jen Hewett is a printmaker, surface designer, textile artist and teacher. A lifelong Californian, Jen combines her love of loud prints and saturated colors with the textures and light of California landscapes to create highly tactile, visually layered printed textiles. Jen is the author of "Print, Pattern Sew: Block-Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe" (Roost Books, 2018). Jen and her dog Gus live in San Francisco, two blocks from Golden Gate Park and 3 miles from the Pacific ocean. Follow Jen on Instagram @jenhewett and on her website at jenhewett.com.
Bonus materials available after purchase