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    Paris Log

    A collection of scenes from a small area in Paris November 2024. Marche Montorgeuil Gastronomy and Pâtissiers Around every corner and up every narrow street … it makes Paris, PARIS! We made a visit to Pere LaChaise via metro The Pere-Lachaise cemetery has two centuries of history with many well know residents. On this November…

    MSRitzman

    November 24, 2024
    Travel & Tours, Workshop
    art, books, food, montorgeuil, Paris, photography, travel
  • Whatcha going to make?

    Whatcha going to make?

    Now the adventure of making something with the fabrics I printed in my workshop excursion. I got right on it! My initial thoughts were that I would make a tote bag with the Seaside sketches print and a lightweight raincoat from the Jardin print. Here is what actually happened in my sewing salon… Now to…

    MSRitzman

    June 26, 2024
    Projects, Sketching, Travel & Tours
    cochenille-design-studio, lyon-fabric, sewing, tote-bags, www-cochenille-com
  • Engineered. Sublimation. Repeat.

    Engineered. Sublimation. Repeat.

    Those are three words you will know more about in three minutes as you read through this post.As a bit of context, in January I set my artistic learning goal for the year as ‘surface design’ and in February discovered Susan Lazear at a SewExpo near Seattle. While in a class I learned she was…

    MSRitzman

    June 16, 2024
    Travel & Tours
    Cochenille Designs, Digitally Printed, Lyon France, Susan Lazear, Valsonne
  • Lyon Silk

    Lyon Silk

    We spent a few days in workshops and learning more about the textile history of Lyon. The two rivers, the Rhône and the Saône, divide the city into an old medieval section where the textile trades started and the hills where in late 18th and early 19th century the weavers moved and where today some…

    MSRitzman

    June 11, 2024
    Travel & Tours
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