When marbling last week I found that I could get different looks by playing with the thickened water bath. To demonstrate this and to equal the playing field, I used three pieces of white muslin. See my original marbling tutorial here. I used the same colors and started with the same pattern as close as…
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How to Marble Fabric – A New Obsession
Well, I’m back playing with fabric, but this time it’s marbling. Marbling has never been one of my favorite surface designs until I saw Jo Fitsell demo it on Quilting Arts TV. I taped that show and watched it several times before I purchased her video from Interweave – Marbled Fabric Surface Design Working with…
Read MoreMy February Monthly Art Journal Spread
I know it’s not February, but I wanted to get this monthly art journal spread finished early so I can keep up with this practice. This is my January spread that I’m working in now. Here is February’s spread: My lettering of February is pretty wonky. Not sure why I didn’t start my lettering earlier…
Read MoreDecorating my art notebook cover
In the past, while watching videos or reading books, I have scribbled notes on pieces of paper. You know the kind of notes – how to bind that special journal, a special painting technique that I know I won’t remember, or just ideas that pop into my head. I ended up with lots of pieces…
Read MoreMy very own thermofax screen play
Wow! I finally have my very own designs on thermofax screens. The images for thermofax screens need to be high resolution black and white jpgs or pdfs. For the top print I used spools that I stamped with paint. I didn’t want the spools to be perfect so I chose those images that were missing…
Read MoreWorking with Margaret’s thermofax screens
I posted back last December about the thermofax screens I won from Margaret Applin. They were so neat, but I wasn’t real excited about the results. Then I purchased her Quilting Arts video and played a little more with these screens. This video not only shows you her tips for printing, but she also takes…
Read MoreUnfinished
I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I posted. It’s been busy around here with just keeping everything alive. I water daily and early before the heat sets in. I picked the last of the blueberries the other day after harvesting almost daily since the end of May. Last week we did get…
Read MoreOur luffas
Dave planted some luffas for us last summer, growing them in tomato cages. I harvested these gourds, also know as Dishrag Gourd or Vegetable Sponge, back in November. Since then they have been drying in the garage. I checked on them when we returned from our trip and the Dishrag Gourds looked ready to peel.…
Read MorePetroglyph-inspired rubbing plates
When Dave and I visited the Petroglyph National Monument last September, I just fell in love with all of these rock carvings. That site has over 20,000 images that were carved on the volcanic rocks by the Native Americans and Spanish settlers. As we were walking around looking at all of these drawings, I was…
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