In the past, while watching videos or reading books, I have scribbled notes on pieces of paper. You know the kind of notes – how to bind that special journal, a special painting technique that I know I won’t remember, or just ideas that pop into my head. I ended up with lots of pieces…
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Sun Printing Fabric with Dye-na-Flow
UPDATE: Check out the Sun Printing Tutorials for newer posts. Also, check out this blog post where I compared Dye-Na-Flow to Setacolor. I took advantage of Thursday’s sunshine to do some more sun printing, but this time with Dye-na-Flow. Carol emailed me to say she sun prints with Dye-na-Flow. I’ve used this paint before, but…
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Yesterday I played again in the sun with Setacolor Transparent Paints and Crafters Workshop stencils. I pinned this easy adjustable apron tutorial several months ago. See the directions on Purl Bee here. I made this apron out of canvas drop cloth. Here is what it looked like after I sewed it. Okay but it needed…
Read MoreSunday ATCs
In the last session of my Fearless Art Journaling class, Teresa from the library gave everyone a cute envelope of blank atc cards to continue the art journey. She’s holding a holiday tea in December at East Branch for those who have attended (and taught) the art classes this year where they will exchange these…
Read MoreBalzer Stencils: Herringbone and Wonky Circles
I mentioned before our trip that I received several of Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s new stencils from The Crafter’s Workshop. Here is how I used the Summer stencil. Here are a couple more of the stencils and what I did with them. The first up is Herringbone. What’s neat about stencils is you don’t have to…
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Recently I received some of the Crafter’s Workshop stencils. Fun! Most of these were Balzer Designs. Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is one of my favorite artists. I first saw her on Quilting Arts TV last season. I immediately loved her designs and her whole attitude about creating art. She has really inspired me in my journey…
Read MoreLayering on photos
After taking several online classes this year, I’ve really learned a lot. I am finding that I love layers. Before these classes I knew I loved a piece, whether paper or material, but didn’t realize that the artist had spent so much time layering and layering. My artist friend, Kathy, has been an big inspiration…
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