art Archives - Lynda Heines Fabric Design

Slow Progress

By: Lynda October 31, 2023

fabric books, leaf printing, Sewingfabric book, fabric photo book, leaf printing, sewing4 Comments

I remember years ago when I first started my blog as Bloom Bake Create, I ran into one of my blog follower at our local JoAnns. I was surprised because I didn’t know her, and really had no idea I had people locally following my blog. She complimented me on my blog post and was…

Making New Leaf Prints

By: Lynda October 22, 2023

Fabric paint, fabric printing, leaf printing, Lutradur, preserving botanicals, spray paintsleaf printing, Lutradur, Marabu Fashion Spray paints, preserving botanicals2 Comments

We recently returned from a wonderful trip to Alabama. While there I picked up some leaves. I want to create something to remember this visit, so I made some new leaf prints. To start I needed to preserve the leaves. For information on preserving leaves and other botanicals check out this blog post.

Printing fabric with garden leaves

By: Lynda July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

fabric printing, gardening, leaf printingfabric printing, garden leaf printing, leaf printing4 Comments

I was cleaning up (well, attempting to clean up) my computer desktop and I found this file called garden leaves. I opened it up and it was all of the pictures for a post about using garden leaves to print on fabric instead of my regular tree or shrub leaves. I usually make this type…

Printing with daisies

By: Lynda July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

Fabric paint, fabric printing, gardening, leaf printingdaisy printing, gardening, leaf printing, printing8 Comments

After irises, my favorite of flowers are my daisies, specifically Becky Shasta daisies. They are so easy to grow. Since I’ve been on a printing spree, I thought it was time to see how they would print. To watch my video tutorial, scroll down.

Leaf printing with the kids

By: Lynda June 27, 2023June 27, 2023

flags, leaf printing, teachingleaf printing, Seton Harvest, teaching5 Comments

Yesterday I taught my first class in a long time at the Seton Harvest Farm Camp. After their lunch we printed flags and their backpacks with kohlrabi leaves that they had picked earlier in the morning.

Transparent vs Opaque Textile Paint

By: Lynda June 4, 2023

Fabric paint, fabric printing, leaf printingcherries, cherry cobbler, opaque textile paint, textile paints, transparent textile paint4 Comments

I usually use transparent textile paint, but since I am teaching a leaf printing class for a summer kids camp this year, I wanted to see the differences in the paints. I’m using Prochem textile paints. On the left is the transparent; on the right the opaque. So I decided I’d do a test to…

FREE!! Easy Silk Dyeing Class

By: Lynda April 28, 2023April 28, 2023

Easy Silk Dyeing, Icy Delights, online classesColorhue dyes, Easy Silk Dyeing, free class, Icy Delights1 Comment

I’ve decided to share my Easy Silk Dyeing class for free, so all of it will be available on my YouTube channel by the end of the weekend.

Playing with TAP

By: Lynda April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

art quilts, fabric printing, genealogy, Photography, Printing photos on fabric, Transfer Artist Paper, tutorialsgenealogy, Lesley Riley, Photo Memory Quilts, Printing photos on fabric, TAP, Transfer Artist Paper, tutorial4 Comments

In my last post I showed you the Osnabrück Square Challenge. On the back I added my great grandmother and grandfather’s picture. I used Lesley Riley’s TAP (Transfer Artist Paper).

Osnabrück Textile Square Call

By: Lynda April 22, 2023April 22, 2023

applique, art quilts, drawing, Free Motion, Frixion Pens, genealogy, irisesart quilts, genealogy, iris garden, Osnabrück6 Comments

Awhile back I told you about this collaborative art exhibit that will be shown in Osnabrück, Germany later this summer. Artists from the sister cities have been asked to submit a 20 x 20 cm (approximately 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inch) square. Since my hometown is one of the 11 sister cities, and I…