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Inspiration and Mental Process

By: Lynda November 20, 2022November 20, 2022

art quilts, design wall, fabric, Fabric paintart process, art quilts, inspiration6 Comments

Since I’ve been a bit under the weather, and not feeling like actual creating anything, I’ve spent quite a bit of time between napping and watching TV, thinking about this new piece. Inspiration, the mental process, and what actually ends up, is really pretty interesting.

Cheesecloth Skins with Stencils

By: Lynda November 13, 2022November 13, 2022

cheesecloth, Fabric paint, Sharpie Markers, stencils, tutorialsArteza paint, cheesecloth, cheesecloth skins, Fabric Paint, ProChem fabric paint, Sharpie Markers, stencils8 Comments

I made cheesecloth word skins awhile back. You can see that post here. This time I wanted to see what they would look like with stencils, instead of just writing. I also wanted to try three different paints: Sharpie Markers, Profab fabric paints, and Arteza craft paints. I had used the markers on the previous…

On The Floor

By: Lynda November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

art quilts, Books, design wallAudubon Park, design board, fabric, floor filing, hiking, writing12 Comments

I have a really bad habit of floor filing. I’ve done this in almost every office job I had. It seems like if I put the papers and books on a shelf, I’d forget all about them. So I still floor file. Here is what is on my floor today.

Playing with Transparent Extender

By: Lynda October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

Fabric paint, stencils, transparent extender, tutorial videos, tutorialsAngie Knowles, Fabric Paint, Joggles stencils, stencils, transparent extender4 Comments

Today I’m talking about transparent extender for textile paints. I’m using it in this project to paint the background of the fabric.

Printing with Wool Wood

By: Lynda October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

Fabric paint, fabric printing, printinktober, tutorial videos, tutorialsfabric printing, printing, tutorial, tutorial videos, wool wood printing8 Comments

When I received my new irises in July they were packaged with Natural Wood Excelsior, or what is also called wool wood. I took it out of the box and put it on my dye table. I knew I had to try printing with it sometime in the future. Well, the future was last week.…

New Inspiration from Penny

By: Lynda October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

art exhibits, road tripsAngels Among Us, art exhibit, Penny Sisto, road trip1 Comment

I took a trip over to Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality to see Penny Sisto’s newest exhibit, Angels Among Us. It was just last April when we made the trek over to see her Turning 80 exhibit at Carnegie Center in New Albany, Indiana. She’s amazing how she can produce such beautiful works in…

Printing with crushed pine cones

By: Lynda October 16, 2022October 16, 2022

Fabric paint, fabric printing, printinktober, tutorialscrushed pinecone printing, Fabric Paint, found objects, printing6 Comments

Last fall when Dave and I took our walks in the neighborhood, I saw so many crushed pine cones on the ground. Of course, I thought they may make great marks on fabric. Today I wanted to show you what I came up with when I used them. Here is the video of my process.…

Tone on Tone Stenciling

By: Lynda October 13, 2022

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Every October a bunch of artists online participate in Printinktober. It’s all about printing on fabric or paper every day. I participated in 2019 (here is the first of several blog posts). I wanted to participate this year, but I’m getting a late start. This first tutorial is tone-on-tone stenciling. Angie Knowles, a wonderful textile…

Inspiration from Sedona

By: Lynda October 8, 2022

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I love when we travel. It’s such a great way to see and soak up different places. We recently returned from vacation, and I brought back so much inspiration from Sedona. Everywhere I looked, I saw art and also sights that took my breath away. From our condo every day we watched as these rocks…