Have a say with Malka Dubrawsky
Malka Dubrawsky is an artist living in the best city in Texas. She loves all things fiber and taking pictures of those things and maybe a few more.
Sewn:
How did you get involved in the “Quilt” world or what lead you to start your business or designing fabric?
Malka:
I started out with A Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, but soon after graduating realized that I didn't have the facilitates to go on making the kinds of prints I had been creating. At the time, a lot of my drawings reminded me of quilts, so I started trying to create quilt tops despite the fact that I didn't know anything about sewing. Eventually I also became interested in creating my own fabric via dyeing and patterning fabric using both wax resist and traditional shibori techniques.
Sewn:
Tell us a bit about your business and your style?
Malka:
My business, a stitch in dye, includes several aspects of crafting, everything from my books to designing projects for other people's books, websites and magazines to my own online store where I sell hand dyed and patterned fabric as well as items crafted from that fabric. I also teach classes locally in Austin, Texas as well as across the country. I would describe my style as fun, fresh, modern and very celebratory of color.
Sewn:
How do you get your inspirations for designing fabric or your patterns?
Malka:
I get my inspirations pretty much everywhere. Whether it's patterns I see in architecture or nature or textiles from around the world, there's inspiration everywhere and, via the internet, we have access to it.
Sewn:
Who or what inspires you?
Malka:
I would say that the single thing that inspires me more than any other is color and seeing there way colors interact.
Sewn:
How do you design fabric? Are all the designs hand draw or do you use a computer program? Tell us a little about your design process.
Malka:
I design all my fabrics as original batiks and then Moda reproduces those designs digitally to be commercial fabric. So I start by patterning cotton fabric with various tools and dyeing that fabric. I may alter the pattern with more wax or by discharging or bleaching, but the designs are definitely presented as fabric pieces.
Sewn:
How many fabric lines have you done? What is the latest one with Moda called?
Malka:
I've done one line so far for Moda, a stitch in color, but there are plans for more.
Sewn:
What are you working on at the moment?
Malka:
Currently, I'm working on a second fabric line as well as new quilt designs for a potential third book.
The collection “A Stitch in Color” you will find at the Fabric page, Tips & Tools
Malka thank you very much for your time!
We looking forward to see you next new fabric line!
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