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Best of 2015 Tutorials

As we end another year, I am again looking back on my favorite tutorials, or what I consider my best of 2015. I hope you liked them. If you missed them, here are the links. I started the year with a soy wax batik tutorial on my Back-to-Basics video series. LINK Dyeing with ties was…

Sewing Bags and More

By: Lynda June 25, 2014

art classes, fabric, gardening, Jacquard Color Magnet, Sewing, soy wax, surface design, waxbatik, blueberries, cherries, Color Magnet, gardening, Jacquard Color Magnet, sewing, zip bags8 Comments

Before I get to the bags, I’ve been doing a lot of gardening. Harvesting blueberries every day is a such a meditative time for me. If I get up early enough, the dogs in the area are still asleep and it’s so quiet. Dave caught me out there harvesting the other day. I wear white…

Review: Soy Wax Inspirations DVD

By: Lynda July 31, 2013July 31, 2013

art, craft book reviews, fabric, Fabric Resists, soy wax, surface design, waxInterweave, Soy Wax Inspirations, soy wax resist, surface design, Susan Purney Mark4 Comments

Today I am reviewing the Soy Wax Inspirations DVD by Susan Purney Mark. If you are at all interested in making beautiful fabric using soy wax as a resist, please read on. I have a little experience with soy wax, but only in a class setting. I took this screen printing class from my friend…

Soy Wax Play Time

Last Saturday I spent the day at Making Ends Meet in Shelbyville, Kentucky where Darci McKinnon taught us about soy wax batik. I took a picture of my friend Marilyn’s skillet because of her cool tools. The large spiral one I used on several of my pieces. Leslie is the owner of Making Ends…

How To: Solar Beeswax Melter

By: Lynda August 29, 2012

beeswax, tutorials, waxbees, beeswax, beeswax melter, purifying beeswax, solar beeswax melter8 Comments

Most of you know that hubby is also a beekeeper. In addition to harvesting the lovely honey, we also get beeswax. Since we’ll be using the beeswax this winter for lip balms and other fun stuff it needs to be filtered. And an easy way to do that is with a handmade solar beeswax melter.…

Playing with wax

By: Lynda January 4, 2012

crafts, waxCloth Paper Scissors, crafts, encaustic, Katherine Sands, Wax and plexiglass15 Comments

Yesterday, my friend Kathy and I played with wax on plexiglass. The November/December issue of Cloth Paper Scissors had a tutorial on this so we thought we’d see what we could come up with. We started by gluing our focal or main image to the back of the plexiglass so that it could be seen…