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Creating Fabulous Fabrics With Resists Presentation

By: Lynda June 5, 2024

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Over the last two years I’ve been presenting my Creating Fabulous Fabrics with Resists slideshow to SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) regions and other artist groups around the country via zoom. I presented it live and narrated the slideshow. I decided it was time to share it with all of you with the audio recorded.…

Ode to Dye-na-Flow

By: Lynda February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

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I love Jacquard Dye-na-Flow. If you don’t want to mess with dyeing, it’s the perfect substitute. I love to dye, but when I need color on my fabric quick, this is my go-to.

How to: Rice Flour Resist

By: Lynda October 20, 2021October 27, 2021

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I’ve been working on a talk for the Indiana SAQA group on resists. I had it all finished, and then I ran across an article about rice flour which I’ve never tried, so I had to stop and play.

Working on some new projects

By: Lynda November 7, 2020January 28, 2021

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I don’t know about you, but I go full speed, and then I work as slow as a turtle. Luckily, right now I’m in the fast mode while working on some new projects.

Revisiting Jacquard Resist

By: Lynda October 2, 2020October 27, 2021

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I’ve used this Jacquard Removable Water Based Resist before, but it’s been awhile, and I had an idea that I hadn’t tried before. In this older post I used it with my spinner art. I’m again printing the circles, but instead of with soy wax in this post, I’m using the resist with the thickened…

Flour Resist Revisited

By: Lynda August 29, 2020October 27, 2021

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It’s been two years since I played with flour resist. With all of the sun and heat, I thought this would be the perfect time to revisit this technique. If you’d like to read the 2018 tutorial, you can find it HERE.

Soy Wax Batik and Fashion Spray

By: Lynda February 10, 2019October 27, 2021

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Today I wanted to show your my results with soy wax and Marabu Fashion Spray. In the past I’ve used Jacquard Dye-Na-Flow and fiber reactive dyes with this technique (and they work great!), but I wanted to see how well these sprays would hold up. If you’d like to see how I used these sprays…

How to: Flour Resist with Paint

By: Lynda August 30, 2018October 27, 2021

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In this post I’m talking about flour resist with paint. Most of the steps are the same as with dye except there is no fabric prep. Please check out this post for step-by-step instructions. Add a little water to your fabric paint. After crunching the dry flour paste covered fabric, paint over it. Here is…

How To: Flour Resist with Dye

By: Lynda August 26, 2018October 27, 2021

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While cleaning up the website I ran across an old post on oatmeal resist. I wasn’t real happy with the results, but wanted to try again using flour resist with dye.