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Using a tote base to create a tote

By: Lynda July 16, 2024

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This tutorial is how to make a tote bag using a plain tote bag as the base. Here is my finished tote. Before I start, I need to give credit Stitches by Julia. Here is the video of her project using the tote base.

Little window cards

By: Lynda July 9, 2024July 9, 2024

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I was so excited to find these sweet window cards that I had to write a short post about them. What I like about them is that they are small, square, and are perfect to fit in 5 x 5 picture frames.

Creating Together

By: Lynda June 30, 2024

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With Dave’s renewed interest in woodworking, we decided to create together, marrying his wood skills with my fabric and finishing a project we started over seven years ago!

Over ice dyeing

By: Lynda June 17, 2024June 17, 2024

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Back in December 2022 I purchased a couple Hanes womens Slub Jersey fashion hoodies on Amazon for ice dyeing. I finally got around to dyeing one of them last week. I’m using three out of the four muck dyes I bought back in 2018.

Creating Fabulous Fabrics With Resists Presentation

By: Lynda June 5, 2024

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Over the last two years I’ve been presenting my Creating Fabulous Fabrics with Resists slideshow to SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) regions and other artist groups around the country via zoom. I presented it live and narrated the slideshow. I decided it was time to share it with all of you with the audio recorded.…

40 Flags Finished

By: Lynda May 30, 2024

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Yipee! I finished the 40 flags for the Toward 2050 project I talked about in this post. The deadline for these flags is December, but I decided to get this deadline off my plate. Here are all 40.

Icy Delights Online Class Now FREE!!

By: Lynda May 23, 2024

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Back in early 2011 I created the popular dyeing technique I called Ice Dyeing.

Spring 2024 Muck Dyes

By: Lynda May 12, 2024

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Every Spring Dharma Trading sells what they call muck dyes. They are made in limited quantities and can’t be reproduced. They are CHEAP! For these I paid between $4.50 and $6 for 8 oz. Usually these fiber reactive dyes run, depending on color, between $1.95 and $5.75 for 2 oz! The down side is if…

Total Eclipse Fun

By: Lynda April 12, 2024April 12, 2024

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What an exciting time this week with the total eclipse in our area. We invited a few new friends to share the viewing from our backyard. Here are a few pictures Dave took.