In my last post I showed you the Osnabrück Square Challenge. On the back I added my great grandmother and grandfather’s picture. I used Lesley Riley’s TAP (Transfer Artist Paper).
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Osnabrück Textile Square Call
Awhile back I told you about this collaborative art exhibit that will be shown in Osnabrück, Germany later this summer. Artists from the sister cities have been asked to submit a 20 x 20 cm (approximately 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inch) square. Since my hometown is one of the 11 sister cities, and I…
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Printing with Collard Greens Update
Two years ago I posted about printing with collard greens on this post. I’m revisiting this printing because I’ll be teaching at a kids’ summer camp, and wanted to get in some practice. Since collards aren’t in season around here yet, I bought some at the store. When you are looking for any leaves to print,…
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Happy April 2023!
Well, it looks like spring has sprung. I love this time of the year. I’m so looking forward to getting out, and getting my hands dirty! If you receive my blog post via email and you have wondered where I’ve been, I just found out the last two have not been sent out due to…
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My finished flag
I finished up my flag that I blogged about on the last post. I was wanting to finish another one before I posted this, but I can’t make a decision on that design. The Welcome is a SVG file I purchased on Etsy here. I loved that it included birds, so appropriate for the wildflower…
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Creating a Garden Flag with Polyester Ripstop
Happy Spring everyone! What a great way to celebrate the season by sewing up a garden or yard flag. Two years ago I made a garden flag with waterproof canvas. Here is that post. It was a nice flag but it didn’t take long to fade, and it was heavy. I wanted to make something…
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Dyeing silk with ties 2023
I’ve posted about this technique several time in the past. The last post was back in 2016 when I demonstrated it on one of our local television stations. Here is that post. But in this post, I’m focusing on dyeing on silk to use in projects instead of silk scarves to wear. Of course, this…
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Where’s Icy Delights?
For those of you who are new to my blog, I’ve taught my ice dyeing online class, Icy Delights, since 2016. I had hosted it on a classroom platform. Last October I decided to quit that location, and move my class to this website. I’ve had a lot of emails asking where my class was…
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Finishing the auction quilt
I appreciate so many of you giving me your opinion on which piece to work on for this auction quilt. I spent a bit of time playing with those pieces in my last post, and decided they just weren’t bright enough for me. So I went back to my scraps so I could finally finish…
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