It’s been so long since I snow dyed, but with all of the snow that we had recently, I just had to do it again. I have a formula for how much dye I need for ice dyeing, so for the first shirts I used that. If you would like that formula, check out this…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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I’ve not been creating much art lately. Part of the reason is because I’ve been fighting my chronic cough since last October, which didn’t allow me to sleep well. I also have been enjoying writing on Substack. You can check out my posts here.
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It’s been a crazy busy month with little time or energy for creating art. However, Spring has sprung and I am starting a new fabric book.
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