The making of Mosaique Bleue using wood block printing

Saffron Marigold - Updated: June 9, 2016

This post will walk you through a visual journey of how “Mosaique Bleue: a moroccan inspired tile print” comes to life one block at a time. It’s an intricate Moroccan tile print, consisting of cyan blue star burst motifs, set in pieces of chocolate tile, with accents of french blue, peacock green and apricot.

We start with outline block #1 to print the border.

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block #2 dark brown.

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block #3 peacock green – trust me it will look green once the dyes dry and the cloth is washed! That applies to all the following images too

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block #4 french blue

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block #5 light blue

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block #7 the embellishment

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block #6 apricot. This finished up the border.

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This is how the border will look in its final form

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Border is done, now we move on to the main print. Pinning it on all sides so that it taut is a critical part of the printing process. Looks easy to do, but it isn’t!

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block #1 for the main print

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block #2 dark brown

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block #3 french blue

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block #4 dark blue

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block #5 peacock green

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block #6 apricot

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And this is how it will look finally – swatch image posted here. You can view the collection by clicking the button below.

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Hope you enjoyed this visual journey into the making of Mosaique Bleue. These beautiful living textiles are made with so much love and attention. Knowing what goes into printing them, hopefully, will make you fall in love with your linen even more.

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2 responses

  1. I ordered the Mosaique Bleue duvet cover and shams not long ago. Thank you for the photos showing the step by step making of the pattern. As an artist and art teacher I truly appreciate all of the work that goes into these gorgeous textile.

  2. I ordered the Mosaique Bleue duvet cover and shams not long ago. Thank you for the photos showing the step by step making of the pattern. As an artist and art teacher I truly appreciate all of the work that goes into these gorgeous textiles.

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