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Raven cloth dolls

By: Lynda August 16, 2019August 16, 2019

cloth dolls, fabric, fabric scraps, hand stitching, recyclingcloth dolls, Kelli Perkins, recycled crafts, Sobo, upcycling6 Comments

I was cleaning my computer desktop the other day and ran across a pdf from Interweave about making art dolls. It’s a compilation of past articles in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. Here is a link to the download.

Over Dyeing With Indigo

By: Lynda August 24, 2019August 24, 2019

indigo dyeing, overdyeingicedyeing, indigo dyeing, over dyeing, over dyeing with indigo7 Comments

I’ve been wanting to get an indigo pot going for some time now, and this past week was the perfect time. My goal for this session was to over dye previously dyed fabric and clothing with indigo.

August Under The Needle

By: Lynda August 7, 2019August 16, 2019

bookmaking, cats, Elna SU Cams, Free Motion, Free-motion, Sewingcats, Elna SU, free motion stitching, freemotion, stitch book4 Comments

It seems like I’ve not gotten much done lately. But I did finally finish my Elna Stitch Book.

Elna Cam Surprises

By: Lynda July 30, 2019August 7, 2019

Elna SU Cams, SewingElna cams, Elna SU, sewing, stitches8 Comments

Sometimes I can not believe what I don’t know! I have owned this Elna SU since 1987.

How to: Printed Foam Stamp

By: Lynda July 22, 2019July 30, 2019

foam stamps, Jacquard Textile Paints, leaf printing, tutorialsfoam stamps, leaf printing, tutorial2 Comments

I love using real leaves to print on fabric. However, if my stash of preserved leaves are not available or I don’t have any preserved, a great way to get that printed image is to make a printed foam stamp.

Ice Dyeing Q and A

By: Lynda July 15, 2019July 22, 2019

ice dyeing, Icy Delights, online classes, sun batchingice dyeing, ice dyeing online class, Icy Delights8 Comments

Since 2016 I have been teaching an online class, Icy Delights, on this fun dyeing technique I developed back in 2010. Since it’s a great time to ice dye, I’ve been getting a lot of emails about it, and thought I’d share some of them in this Icy Dyeing Q and A post. …

Sun Printing over “bad” prints

By: Lynda July 1, 2019July 15, 2019

Fabric paint, sun printing, wet cyanover sun printing, Setacolor Fabric Paint, sun printing, wet cyan2 Comments

Sometimes printing projects just don’t work out the way you want them to. If you have some fabric around that you don’t like, try adding more layers. Today I’m talking about sun printing over “bad” prints.

Experimenting with Wet Cyan Printing

By: Lynda June 25, 2019July 1, 2019

fabric printing, wet cyanfabric printing, Jacquard Cyanotype, Jacquard Products, wet cyan, wet cyan printing8 Comments

I have just started my experimenting with wet cyan printing. Here is just a mini tutorial, but much more information will be coming soon. It’s real easy to get started by purchasing these pretreated fabric sheets. You can buy them through Amazon, Dharma Trading, or other online stores. They are a bit pricey, but I…

Genealogy and Blueberries

By: Lynda June 22, 2019June 25, 2019

gardening, genealogyblueberries, genealogy, Jacob Deyss, John Simon Schatz4 Comments

No art accomplished this week. It was all about genealogy. Our local Willard Library hosted Heritage Days Festival this week with five days of sessions on everything from the best websites and apps for local history, to Google Earth Pro and organizing your stuff. I learned so much that I feel like my head might…

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