After taking the Scroll Stories class I wrote about on my last blog post, I’ve decided to continue making embellishments.
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Watercolor effect with textile paints
To start out the new year I’ve written this tutorial for the January challenge in the PFA (Postcard Fabric Art) Facebook Group. Every month a tutorial from a well known artist will be posted. From that tutorial we take the information and made a fabric piece of our own. We don’t have to follow the…
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Making small art
I’ve been working on greeting cards lately. These are a bit different from the other ones I’ve shown you.
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Rubber Stamps and Free Motion
Every year I make a Valentine card for Dave. This year I was having trouble coming up with an idea. I started going through my supplies and saw my rubber stamps I rarely use. Why not use rubber stamps and free motion?
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Scribble Stitching
I’ve always been obsessed with perfect, but love the look of scribble stitching. Julia with Stitches by Julia does a lot of scribble stitching in her projects. Check out her You Tube channel HERE.
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August Under The Needle
It seems like I’ve not gotten much done lately. But I did finally finish my Elna Stitch Book.
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How to: Fabric Badges
I have a new obsession – fabric badges.
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Thoughts on Free Motion
I have this love/hate thing with free motion stitching. In my quest for the perfect stitch, I have spent countless hours and lots of bobbins on trying to find that special thread or thread combination so that I could have finish some pieces.
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Frixion Pens with Free Motion
I recently ran across a video by StitchesbyJulie where she used Frixion Pens with Free Motion. They are just what I’ve been looking for. Now I can draw on fabric and then erase it with the iron when I’m done.
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