Several weeks ago I gave my best bud Barb one of my dyed scarves for her birthday. It was one using Color Magnet, not the ice dyed ones I gave away here. She liked it so much that she ordered several for gifts. So for the past week, after receiving some new dyes from Dharma…
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Printed Fabric Bee: Blue Spirals
For this month on the Printed Fabric Bee, Queen Bee Julie B. Booth requested her fabric piece to include blue spirals. She specified an 8 x 18 piece of material and said that she really liked ethnic fabrics, especially molas. So I got out my book on African fabrics and turned to the page on…
Read MoreJacquard Color Magnet – my new love
Today I am the October guest blogger on Lynn Krawczyk’s Smudged Textiles Studio about this great product, Jacquard Color Magnet. Come on over to Lynn’s website and let me tell you about some of my experiments with this new love of mine. In a nutshell, less dye is best if you want a strong contrast. …
Read MoreAdding dimension with Jacquard Puff Additive
I’m a sucker for new or new-to-me products. This is one of those “I can’t believe this so I have to video it” type of tutorials. Anyway, here it is. Today I’m playing with Jacquard Puff Additive. It is amazing! To get started you need your piece of fabric. (It can also be used on…
Read More2012: My Favorite Posts
I debated whether to do what my hubby did and list the top favorite posts from Pinterest or from my blog traffic. I decided to combine the two, and throw in a couple of posts that might not have gotten a lot of hits, but are some of my favorites. They are not in any…
Read MoreMy very own thermofax screen play
Wow! I finally have my very own designs on thermofax screens. The images for thermofax screens need to be high resolution black and white jpgs or pdfs. For the top print I used spools that I stamped with paint. I didn’t want the spools to be perfect so I chose those images that were missing…
Read MoreWorking with Margaret’s thermofax screens
I posted back last December about the thermofax screens I won from Margaret Applin. They were so neat, but I wasn’t real excited about the results. Then I purchased her Quilting Arts video and played a little more with these screens. This video not only shows you her tips for printing, but she also takes…
Read MoreKrawczyk-inspired project
I have been inspired! I’ve not had much time to play with my fabric the last couple of weeks, but I did squeeze in enough time to almost finish this project. If the name Krawczyk is not familiar, let me introduce you to her. Lynn is a wonderful surface design artist and her work can…
Read MoreReview: Surface Explorations Vol 1
I have really fallen in love with surface design – playing on top of fabric. Interweave’s new emag, Surface Explorations, is the perfect resource to inspire me to continue. Here are just some of the lessons you’ll find in this new emag: The Great Dye Experiment: Cotton vs. Silk with April Sproule Thermofax® Screen Printing:…
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