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Osnabrück Textile Square Challenge

By: Lynda March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

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The Thirty Years War ended 375 years ago this summer with the Westphalian Peace treaty. To celebrate, sister cities of Osnabrück, Germany will assemble a collaborative textile exhibit.

Dyeing silk with ties 2023

By: Lynda February 25, 2023

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I’ve posted about this technique several time in the past. The last post was back in 2016 when I demonstrated it on one of our local television stations. Here is that post. But in this post, I’m focusing on dyeing on silk to use in projects instead of silk scarves to wear. Of course, this…

Where’s Icy Delights?

By: Lynda February 19, 2023

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For those of you who are new to my blog, I’ve taught my ice dyeing online class, Icy Delights, since 2016. I had hosted it on a classroom platform. Last October I decided to quit that location, and move my class to this website. I’ve had a lot of emails asking where my class was…

Finishing the auction quilt

By: Lynda February 12, 2023February 12, 2023

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I appreciate so many of you giving me your opinion on which piece to work on for this auction quilt. I spent a bit of time playing with those pieces in my last post, and decided they just weren’t bright enough for me. So I went back to my scraps so I could finally finish…

Auditioning fabric pieces

By: Lynda February 5, 2023February 5, 2023

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Today I’m auditioning fabric pieces to make into a small art quilt for SAQA, the art organization I belong to. In December, I reorganized my studio again. In addition to separating fabric by color, I also made several boxes of pieces of fabric that might work alone.

Hawaiian Inspiration 2023

By: Lynda January 29, 2023January 29, 2023

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Our trip to Maui this year gave me a lot of much needed inspiration. I thought I’d share some photos from our trip. An interesting sky waiting to board our plane for Hawaii. I’ll start with food, of course! Coconut Glen’s is a great place for ice cream. A sunset in Kihei and a sunrise…

BLAH: Painted fusible

By: Lynda January 7, 2023

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I am reminded today that just because you can do it, it doesn’t mean you need to do it!!

2022 Books

By: Lynda January 4, 2023

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Last year when we returned from our vacation in January, I decided to make a goal of reading at least two books per month. I was already ahead since I had read four on the vacation! I decided that I’d spend 30 minutes every day, first thing in the morning to read. I surpassed my…

My Chronic Cough Journey

By: Lynda December 31, 2022December 31, 2022

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As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to share with you my chronic cough journey in case you or a loved one have been struggling, and not having any luck making the cough go away. A chronic cough is any cough lasting longer than 6 – 8 weeks. When I started out to…