Lynda Heines Fabric Design

Ice Dyed Shirts

By: Lynda January 5, 2026

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We’re going on a vacation soon so I thought it would be nice to have some new shirts to take with me. I could have low immersion dyed them, or printed on them, but I wanted them ice dyed. If you are new to my blog, I created this dye technique back in 2011 and…

Vintage Quilt Ornaments

By: Lynda January 1, 2026

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Happy New Year!! I’ve been wanting to do something with Grandma’s quilts that are tattered – holes everywhere. I’ve seen a lot of neat accessories made with them, but haven’t gotten around to playing with them until right before Christmas when I made my angel ornament for Dave for our Christmas Day ornament tradition. Directions…

2025 Favorite Books

By: Lynda December 30, 2025

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Since I’ve been reading pretty much every morning with my cup of tea and Molly, I wanted to tell you about my favorite books that I’ve read this year, and how I’ll be documenting the new ones in 2026. I decided this year that I would not push myself through books. If I didn’t like…

A little this and that

By: Lynda December 9, 2025

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How can it be December? I’m so far behind on everything it seems. However, I did get some things done recently! I dyed four pieces of clothing for my doctor who is expecting in January. The first two are ice dyed. The others are low immersion. If you are new to my blog and/or new…

Another fabric book

By: Lynda November 10, 2025

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I finally completed another fabric book. This one was of our trip to Cumberland Falls June 2024 with our friends Steve and Sharon. I had such a hard time deciding on how I was going to make it, and continued to change my mind throughout the process. I started working on this book last year.…

Cyanotype Results

By: Lynda October 17, 2025

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Well, the results are in, and I’m really happy with this light set up. For this first set of prints under these lights, I used a few different botanicals. The first two were dried, one from Michaels and the other from a flower arrangement I was given several years ago. The other two are from…

Cyanotype Under Lights

By: Lynda October 15, 2025

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I’ve worked with the cyanotype process with the sunlight in the past. You can see my last post about it here. The challenge, of course, comes when there’s no sun. I had heard that lights can be used for this type of printing, so after some research, I found this light setup. The unit actually…

Inspiration from Maine

By: Lynda September 30, 2025

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We just returned from a trip to Maine. We had the most beautiful weather while we were there which surprised us. We had brought all kinds of layers thinking it would be cold, but it was so nice every day. While we were there we took many pictures, especially of lighthouses. Here is one of…

Calling back the art muse

By: Lynda September 1, 2025

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I know I’ve been quiet on here. However, my writing muse has been keeping me busy. If you have followed me on Substack, (see link above) I’ve been posting every week about something related to my family and ancestors. Lately, I’ve been baking through my Mom’s recipe booklet of her favorite recipes. But my art…