I must confess that I made this a year ago. I took all of the process pictures, did the stitching, and then wasn’t sure I really liked it. It’s been hiding in my studio for quite some time so yesterday I thought I’d do something drastic – dye it. Well, I dug it out from…
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Book Review: Fabric Surface Design
When I saw this new book, I just had to review it. I thought you might find it interesting and maybe want to add it to your craft/art library. Fabric Surface Design by Cheryl Rezendes is a brand new book from Storey Publishing. There are a lot of fabric surface design books out there, but…
Read MoreMaking my own stencils with my new Portrait
I love stencils. There are so many beautiful ones out there and I have bought my share of them. But lately I’ve been wanting to use stencils that I created. A while back I cut two out with my soldering tool. That was fun, but I wanted more intricate stencils like this one I just…
Read MoreHighlights from my week
Wow! What a busy week. Here are some highlights. We planted two new cherry trees and put cages around them to keep the deer away. Of the two left from when we planted them several years ago, one was dead so we dug it up. Now we have one we planted five or so years…
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 MoreInspiration from Penny Sisto
Oh my! Did I tell you that I was oh, so inspired after not only seeing Penny’s lovely fiber art Friday, but spending some time with her at the Artisan Center in Corydon, Indiana? Well, I sure was. I met Penny many years ago through my friend Barb. She wrote several articles for magazines about…
Read MoreSun Printing Fabric with Dye-na-Flow
UPDATE: Check out the Sun Printing Tutorials for newer posts. Also, check out this blog post where I compared Dye-Na-Flow to Setacolor. I took advantage of Thursday’s sunshine to do some more sun printing, but this time with Dye-na-Flow. Carol emailed me to say she sun prints with Dye-na-Flow. I’ve used this paint before, but…
Read MoreReims Cathedral Fabric Piece
Artistcellar, is having a HUGE 2nd anniversary giveaway. To enter you need to make something with at least one of their products. The deadline is Thursday, July 26 at 11:59 CST so you still have time. See the information HERE. I purchased several of their stencils awhile ago and have been wanting to make something.…
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