Dyeing and Curtains

One thing I have wanted to do since sewing those master bathroom curtains is to sew curtains for the small bath and my studio. I also wanted to dye a piece of white fabric that was given to me. It has a pattern and I was hoping the dye would bring out the design. The…

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Finding inspiration for card making

As I’ve mentioned, my muse has been on vacation for quite a bit. When I look at all of my stash my mind wants me to create, but my body says no. Since I couldn’t seem to get started I decided to organize my studio. That involved going through a lot of stuff I’ve not…

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Around Here September 2023

Unfortunately, not much art going on the last several weeks. I did pick up this skirt at a consignment shop. I’ve cut the lining out and now I have this beautiful fabric to work with. Not sure what I’m going to do with it, but it’s so pretty!

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Repurposing Mom’s Fabric

I’ve been watching several videos on YouTube about Swedish Death Cleaning. I guess with the passing of my sis I’ve been thinking a lot about all of the stuff I have that I never use. I feel it’s time to either use it or let someone else enjoy it. So I was looking at fabric…

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Resisting with Daisies

I’ve been on a daisy kick lately, and thought I’d use resist with daisies to see what happened. It’s really the same process as printing with daisies. If you missed that post, see this link.

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Printing fabric with garden leaves

I was cleaning up (well, attempting to clean up)  my computer desktop and I found this file called garden leaves. I opened it up and it was all of the pictures for a post about using garden leaves to print on fabric instead of my regular tree or shrub leaves. I usually make this type…

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Printing with daisies

After irises, my favorite of flowers are my daisies, specifically Becky Shasta daisies. They are so easy to grow. Since I’ve been on a printing spree, I thought it was time to see how they would print. To watch my video tutorial, scroll down.

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Being intentional using water soluble stabilizer

I’ve played a bit with a variety of water soluble stabilizers. Today I’m talking about being intentional when creating fabric with this fun product.

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Transparent vs Opaque Textile Paint

I usually use transparent textile paint, but since I am teaching a leaf printing class for a summer kids camp this year, I wanted to see the differences in the paints. I’m using Prochem textile paints. On the left is the transparent; on the right the opaque. So I decided I’d do a test to…

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