Well, this starts a new year for The Printed Fabric Bee Challenge. Jackie Lams was the October queen. Her theme was Science and she requested no pastels. Here is my final piece for her. I thought long and hard about this. What came to mind when I thought about science was DNA. After finding some…
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Art Nouveau Challenge
The Printed Fabric Bee challenge last month was creating a piece that screamed Art Nouveau. Well, I’ve always loved that style so this was extra fun for me to do. Jackie Lams was the queen for April and chose this great topic. Here is the finished piece (12 x 12) for her collection. So I…
Read MoreMaking Freezer Paper Stencils With My Portrait
As you know, I really love making stencils with my Silhouette Portrait. If you just joined my blog, you can find my post about stencil making here. I’ve been making them with Dura-Lar .005 clear film. That material works pretty good, especially for playing on paper. As long as the design is not real intricate,…
Read MoreOur 2013 Christmas Ornaments
One of our traditions during the holidays is to make each other an ornament. Dave started this on our very first Christmas in 2005 when we were dating. I blogged about this tradition last year. This year I used my Silhouette Portrait to cut cardstock for my Christmas ornament. I then painted the white ones…
Read MoreHow to: Making Stencil Masks From Stamped Images
I was on a stencil making frenzy the other day. I wanted to make stencils with my Silhouette Portrait out of some of my wood printing block and potato masher images. Since I love those images, making stencils out of them would give me another way to use them. I’ve made stencils from photos and…
Read MoreDyeing for Jillian
Yesterday we celebrated Martha’s daughter turning one year old. For her party I wanted to give her something special from me. I’m not much of a seamstress so I can’t really sew her any clothing, but I sure can dye! I ordered several white tops online, so I’d have enough to play with and even…
Read MoreLove Thrift Shop Bargains
I had lunch the other day with a good friend and her sweet daughter and on the way home I just had to stop by one of the local thrift stores. In fact, it’s one of my favorites, but I rarely go there since it’s a ways away from home. I could not believe the…
Read MoreMore Stencil Making
Since I bought my new gadget, The Silhouette Portrait, I have been in the stencil-making mode. Here is my new design on fabric. In this post I’m going to take you through my process from a photograph to my finished stenciled fabric. A couple years ago, my friend Amy and I took a day and…
Read MoreMaking my own stencils with my new Portrait
I love stencils. There are so many beautiful ones out there and I have bought my share of them. But lately I’ve been wanting to use stencils that I created. A while back I cut two out with my soldering tool. That was fun, but I wanted more intricate stencils like this one I just…
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