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.…
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Blog 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 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 MoreRemoving color with deColorant
Now that the exhibit is up (yeah!) it’s time to get back to playing. Talking about the exhibit, since it’s a study in fabric surface design, my cases in the show display several different techniques. You know I’m all about the process. One of the techniques I showed was discharge using deColorant. If you aren’t…
Read MorePrinted Fabric Bee Giveaway #3
Well, it’s that time again to give away another set of 6-inch fabric squares created by The Printed Fabric Bee. Before we get to the giveaway, I wanted to tell you a little bit about this challenge and my piece. This month was Gerrie Congdon’s choice. She wanted her pieces to be 8 inches by…
Read MorePrinted 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 MorePrinted Fabric Bee: Orange Circles and Giveaway
The first challenge of the Printed Fabric Bee  is completed and we’re having a giveaway! More about that in a minute. Our first Queen was Lynn Krawczyk who chose orange circles as her theme. She also likes retro 60’s colors including green, brown, gold, and orange. Those colors sure took me back in time!! Here…
Read MoreSeptember 15 Sunday Roundup
Before I get to this past week roundup, today is our wedding anniversary. Yes, six years ago today we walked down the aisle. I couldn’t have picked a better partner to enjoy our “golden” years together. This is one of the pictures during the ceremony. We sure laughed a lot that day! What a beautiful,…
Read MoreBook Review: Mark Making
Today I’m reviewing Mark Making by Helen Parrott, a new release from Interweave. Here is the information from the publisher: Discover a whole new realm of mark-making with talented artist Helen Parrott. Inside, you’ll discover how marks can be used in textile work and explore the links between stitching and drawing. Art quilter Helen Parrott…
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