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How To: Snippet Roll

By: Lynda February 25, 2021February 26, 2021

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In my quest to use my scraps, I decided to make a snippet roll. This is not a new idea. In fact, the very first article I found about them was written in 2011. I’ve been seeing them a lot in the past year or so, but just didn’t take the time to make one.…

Feb/March Challenge Week 4

By: Lynda February 22, 2021

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Here we are at week 4 of the Feb/Challenge. We got some snow so I decided to do a little snow dyeing. It’s been years! Here is my favorite of the two shirts I dyed. This was using Kingfisher Blue. I’m looking forward to wearing it this summer.

Using stencils with stitching

By: Lynda February 17, 2021February 19, 2021

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If you are like me, you have lots of stencils. I use stencils with my fabric, but not as much as I want to so I’ve been again trying to think of ways to create with them. I discovered they make wonderful background designs.

Feb/March Challenge Week 3

By: Lynda February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

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Well, today starts our week three of the Feb/March Challenge. Lately I have been so inspired to create, but just setting up this challenge and being accountable to you has really helped to push me more.

How To: Scrappy Fabric

By: Lynda February 10, 2021February 12, 2021

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I’ve been looking at my bag of scraps I’ve been collecting over the last year, and wanted to do something with it. I’ve made a scrappy scarf in this post, but wanted to just make pieces of scrappy fabric for upcoming projects.

Feb/March Challenge Week 2

By: Lynda February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

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Well, here we are on week two. I don’t know about you, but the fact that I’m not under any pressure to do something every day has really motivated me to get things done! I am looking forward to hearing how your week went.

How To: Making Cheesecloth Word Skins

By: Lynda February 2, 2021February 5, 2021

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Ann chose this technique for the Facebook Postcard Fabric Art’s February Challenge. I saw Margarita Korioth demonstrating this on Quilting Arts TV a year or so ago, and thought this was such a neat technique. I made a couple of cheescloth word skins back then, but was happy to revisit this technique this month. It’s…

Feb/March Challenge Week 1

By: Lynda February 1, 2021

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Today we are starting the Feb/March Challenge. At the end of the post you can add your blog post to this party! If you don’t have a blog, just tell us in the comments what you are doing. For more information on this challenge, check out my last post here.

Join Us for Feb/March Challenge

By: Lynda January 24, 2021

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Now that we will soon enter February, for me time slows. I get so anxious for Spring to come, and I really need some motivation to push through. With the help of Luann at Let’s Create Today we came up with a way to challenge each other focusing on weekly creativity. We’re asking you to…

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