This month’s challenge for the Printed Fabric Bee was a 12 x 12 piece with text. Lisa Chin, the queen this month, also requested turquoise as her color of choice. I love text on fabric so I was really looking forward to playing. This was a fun and fast project once I decided what I…
Read MoreAll articles filed in surface design
Saturday snapshots from my studio
Happy Saturday! Just a quick post to give you a peak at some of the projects I’m working on right now. No beauty shots – just quick photos of my mess. And my helpers. Thanks for dropping by.
Read MoreA Parfait of Color
A couple years ago I blogged about iced dyed parfait and the results. It was such a fun experiment and you can see the results here. It’s a great way to use up old dyes and get surprise fabric designs. So this time I tried it without the ice and I really love the results.…
Read MorePrinted Fabric Bee Giveaway #6
Well, it’s that time again – another Printed Fabric Bee Giveaway! Last month Jackie Lams chose Art Nouveau as the topic for The Printed Fabric Bee challenge. I absolutely love this and had so much fun creating my fabric. In yesterday’s post I showed you how I created this piece. Here again is the piece…
Read MoreShadow Printing and More
Today I am blogging on the Andthenwesetitonfire blog about shadow printing. It’s one of the techniques from Lynn’s new book, Intentional Printing. Here are a couple of my examples. Head on over to this post for more information. I also played a bit with shibori and Dye-Na-Flow. Here are the pieces waiting to be unwrapped.…
Read MoreBlog Hop/Giveaway: Intentional Printing
Giveaway Closed – Congrats to Luann Fischer of SC I am so excited to share with you a new book – Intentional Printing by Lynn Krawczyk and be part of the book release blog hop. In addition to my review and a look at one of the projects I made from her book, you have…
Read MorePrinted Fabric Bee Giveaway #5
Well, it’s that time again for another Printed Fabric Bee giveaway! This month Carol requested a 12 x 12 inch square of fabric of our interpretation of the colors and textures found in woodlands. When I think of woodlands, I think green. And since I’ve been a bit obsessed with palms since our last trip…
Read MoreSunday RoundUp: March 23
The weeks have been flying by and I’ve been getting lots accomplished, but I haven’t had the time to post. Dave has been busy on his blog posting about gardening, but he also added my recipe for Spinach Pie. I’ve been making this for years and as I told him, I have no idea where…
Read MoreTour of our exhibit
The 6-week run of our “Colorful Friendship: A Study in Fabric Surface Design” exhibit will be over soon and I thought I’d take you on a tour before we take it down April 1. The local paper wrote an article about Evi and me and our art. The cover art is one of Evi’s beautiful…
Read More