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!
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Over ice dyeing
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.
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Creating Fabulous Fabrics With Resists Presentation
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.…
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40 Flags Finished
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.
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Icy Delights Online Class Now FREE!!
Back in early 2011 I created the popular dyeing technique I called Ice Dyeing.
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Spring 2024 Muck Dyes
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…
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Total Eclipse Fun
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.
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Memory pillow and matching tote
A friend of mine lost her husband awhile back. Rick loved wearing flannel shirts so I told her I’d be happy to make her family pillows with his shirts. It took her awhile, but recently she gave me his favorite shirt to make her a special pillow. Like other “precious” fabric, his favorite flannel shirt…
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Framing a daisy piece
Last summer I had so much fun printing with daisies. I finally got around to framing a piece which will hang in our newly renovated bathroom.
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