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| Marcia Derse with some of her fab fabric. |
While we were there, look who else we ran into! Johnny Depp was helping to advertise an All You Can Eat Chocolate Event in Langley, near where Marcia has her shop. Okay, so it's a cardboard Johnny, but it looks pretty real.
Marcia's shop, which she shares with some other artists, is called Side Market. Here's the link: http://www.marciaderse.com/side-market/
She showed us swatches of all the fabric she has designed. She designs it by dying and doing other surface design on fat quarters and then sends those pieces of fabric to her fabric company, Windham Fabrics, which has it printed in Japan. From one swatch she can have them print that design in any combination of colors from her palette.
I love the rich colors and loose, almost primitive patterning. Below is a different, more intricate style that she's designed for fall 2017 release.
Here is a wall hanging she made using colors from her palette.
Afterward, we had lunch at an outdoor cafe across the way and wandered through the little shops and gardens. The weather was perfect -- sunny and about 70.
Chess, anyone?
Then we drove a few miles into the heart of Langley and took in this amazing view of the Cascades and water.
After an iced mocha for me and gelato for the others, it was back onto the ferry for the ride home.
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Have a colorful day
What a cool day trip!!! Johnny looks REAL!!! He was one of my favs but I lost respect for his latest statement...lost several points in my eyes now. Glad you enjoyed your trip!!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great day! I remember Marcia from a segment on Quilting Arts that I still have on my DVR! I loved her fabric and her approach to surface design. She was so inspiring. Thanks for sharing your fun excursion!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great day that must have been! I will have to check her fabric line out... love what I can see from her swatches! Enjoy that beautiful weather!
ReplyDeleteI usually read that designers do watercolor renditions of designs to submit for translation onto fabric. It always seemed odd to me because that would mean you would have to be good at painting as well as quilting. But to submit actual fabric you have dyed and then used various surface design techniques on makes more sense to me. And I love what she is doing. I'll have to look for her fabrics, see if my nearby quilt shops carry any of it. How lucky you are to live so near to her.
ReplyDeleteAs for Johnny - yeah, realistic enough for me!