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Fabric Book Update

By: Lynda December 5, 2023December 5, 2023

bookmaking, fabric, fabric books, recyclingfabric books, recycling, recycling crafts, sewing, upcycling4 Comments

For those of you following my fabric book journey, I wanted you to see my progress. Now it was time to start working on the spreads.

Fabric Book Continuing Progress

By: Lynda November 12, 2023

fabric books, recycling, Sewing, stencils, Uncategorized, upcyclingfabric books, Fabric Embellishing, leaf printing, sewing2 Comments

Since my last post, I’ve pretty much changed my mind about almost everything!! Before I get into that, here are a couple embellishments I made for the pages. These irises I’ve made before and you can find my tutorial here. They will go on my spread about planting the iris beds. I also made some…

Slow Progress

By: Lynda October 31, 2023

fabric books, leaf printing, Sewingfabric book, fabric photo book, leaf printing, sewing4 Comments

I remember years ago when I first started my blog as Bloom Bake Create, I ran into one of my blog follower at our local JoAnns. I was surprised because I didn’t know her, and really had no idea I had people locally following my blog. She complimented me on my blog post and was…

Dyeing and Curtains

By: Lynda October 10, 2023

dyeing, low immersion, Sewing, spray paints, stencils, upcyclingdyeing, Marabu Fashion Sprays, recycling, sewing, stenciling6 Comments

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…

Finding inspiration for card making

By: Lynda September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Greeting Cards, Sewingcard making inspiration, Fabric greeting cards, greeting cards, sewing2 Comments

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…

Around Here September 2023

By: Lynda September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Around Here, gardening, irises, irises, mandalas, Thrift store finds, upcyclingAround Here, fall gardening, gardening, irises, mandalas2 Comments

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!

Repurposing Mom’s Fabric

By: Lynda August 13, 2023August 13, 2023

recycling, Sewing, upcyclingrepurposing, sewing, upcycling, vintage fabric6 Comments

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…

Resisting with Daisies

By: Lynda August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

Fabric paint, Fabric Resists, Free Motion, resists, tutorialsJacquard Resist, resist with daisies, tutorials6 Comments

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.