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Three art quilts finished and more

By: Lynda February 22, 2024

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Since my last post I’ve finished three projects, and worked on a couple more.

Leaf Printing In Hawaii

By: Lynda February 6, 2024February 6, 2024

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If you read the last post you know that I bought some paint while in Hawaii to play with while on vacation. I’ve always admired these Monarch Ferns. I love the little spots on the leaves. I asked several people what they were, and the response I got was that they were weeds that they…

Morning Tea Art Quilt

By: Lynda January 11, 2024January 11, 2024

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In the last post I mentioned a couple projects I needed to complete this month. One of them was for the “Anything Tea” challenge by the Facebook group, Postcard Fabric Art – Quilt, Applique, FMQ, Paint, Monthly Challenge. If you are interested in joining this group, go over to FB and check out this group.

New Projects for 2024

By: Lynda January 1, 2024January 1, 2024

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Happy New Year! This year I decided to make a visual 2024 to-do list via my blog. A couple are due this month!

Readers Favorite Posts 2023

By: Lynda December 19, 2023

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I love looking back to see what were the most favorite posts with readers over the past year. Here are the top five from 2023. Links to the posts are in the titles.

Six Favorite Things 2023

By: Lynda December 13, 2023December 13, 2023

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Every year I like to highlight my five favorite things I use in my studio. This year I had to include six! There are links to the products on the product headings. These are not affiliate links.

Slow Progress

By: Lynda October 31, 2023

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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

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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

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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…