Malka Dubrawsky
Eighth grade art class introduced me to art and I haven’t been the same since. I went on to graduate from college with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Studio Art, but it was being at home with children that pushed me into working with textiles, eventually leading me to explore dyeing and patterning fabric.
For several years I worked primarily as a fiber artist and was lucky enough to be included in shows and publications among including Visions, Quilt National, and Fiberarts: Design Book 7.
Fast forward a few years and my focus shifted to making more functional textiles, designing fabric for Moda and Robert Kaufman Fabrics, teaching and lecturing, and writing two books, Color Your Cloth: A Quilter’s Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric and Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration. I've designed for a host of other craft books and magazines and taught workshops across the country as well as online via Craftsy and CreativeLive.
Of late I’ve been drawn to designing and crafting one-of-a-kind quilts for clients and resale as well as creating hand dyed fabrics, both quilting and apparel weight, for other home sewers.
I use an ancient process to create modern fabric ideal for patchwork or garments. I love the intensity and luminosity of color this method affords. This saturation is created by soaking the fabric for long hours, often overnight. Add to that, these fabrics retain that rich hue even after many washings. They truly take your projects and mine to the next level. That bit of patchwork or skirt becomes something that's been more than merely sewn, it's been crafted. Corny as this sounds, I think it's kind of magical.
I started making quilts after I graduated from college with a BFA in Studio Art. Towards the end of my college career, I’d made some drawings where grids were a big design element. That started me thinking about quilts and, having never sewn anything but possessing of plenty of nerve, I started making quilts. I feel like my design process is always ongoing. That is, one idea progresses from another. I make something and the whole time I’m wondering, what would it look like if I changed this element or the scale or the positioning of the colors. I have to control that a bit and tackle one idea at a time or else nothing gets finished. My inspiration comes from other design fields: logos, furniture, especially minimalist, other textiles, knitting or weaving patterns.
For more about Malka Dubrawsky's work visit her website here: https://www.stitchindye.com/
Follow Malka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stitchindye/
For several years I worked primarily as a fiber artist and was lucky enough to be included in shows and publications among including Visions, Quilt National, and Fiberarts: Design Book 7.
Fast forward a few years and my focus shifted to making more functional textiles, designing fabric for Moda and Robert Kaufman Fabrics, teaching and lecturing, and writing two books, Color Your Cloth: A Quilter’s Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric and Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration. I've designed for a host of other craft books and magazines and taught workshops across the country as well as online via Craftsy and CreativeLive.
Of late I’ve been drawn to designing and crafting one-of-a-kind quilts for clients and resale as well as creating hand dyed fabrics, both quilting and apparel weight, for other home sewers.
I use an ancient process to create modern fabric ideal for patchwork or garments. I love the intensity and luminosity of color this method affords. This saturation is created by soaking the fabric for long hours, often overnight. Add to that, these fabrics retain that rich hue even after many washings. They truly take your projects and mine to the next level. That bit of patchwork or skirt becomes something that's been more than merely sewn, it's been crafted. Corny as this sounds, I think it's kind of magical.
I started making quilts after I graduated from college with a BFA in Studio Art. Towards the end of my college career, I’d made some drawings where grids were a big design element. That started me thinking about quilts and, having never sewn anything but possessing of plenty of nerve, I started making quilts. I feel like my design process is always ongoing. That is, one idea progresses from another. I make something and the whole time I’m wondering, what would it look like if I changed this element or the scale or the positioning of the colors. I have to control that a bit and tackle one idea at a time or else nothing gets finished. My inspiration comes from other design fields: logos, furniture, especially minimalist, other textiles, knitting or weaving patterns.
For more about Malka Dubrawsky's work visit her website here: https://www.stitchindye.com/
Follow Malka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stitchindye/