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Around Here October 25

By: Lynda October 25, 2020

Around Here, genealogy, SewingAround Here, genealogy, online classes, sewing, SpencerOgg3 Comments

It’s been so busy around here so I’ve not had much time to blog. One of the projects I’ve been working on is sewing this Spencer Ogg Compact Accordion Wallet.

Happiness During COVID

By: Lynda October 15, 2020

Around Here, Organizationface masks, happiness, organizing10 Comments

Years ago in high school I worked on the paper. Often, after the whole paper had been laid out, there would be “holes” or empty white spaces that needed to be filled. One of our go-to solutions was to add a “Happiness is” list. Below is one of those lists from the Bosse High School…

ABC’s of Art Part 4

By: Lynda October 10, 2020October 10, 2020

art, Solarfast, spinner art, watercolorABCs of art, Solarfast, Spinner art, tutorials4 Comments

Now to finish the ABC’s of Art. U is for unfinished. This is a print from Pat Pauly’s Glorious Prints week-long class at QSDS last year. I really hated my quilting on it. I do have other prints in this series, but this was my favorite. I guess I need to print some more. V…

Revisiting Jacquard Resist

By: Lynda October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

Fabric ResistsBottom piece, Jacquard Water Based Resist, resists2 Comments

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…

ABC’s of Art Part 3

By: Lynda September 23, 2020September 25, 2020

art, foam stamps, marbling, purses, Sewing, tutorialsABCs, tutorials6 Comments

I’m continuing my ABC’s of Art. Today we start with M. M is for marbling. I was obsessed with this technique awhile back. Check out all of my posts on ths fun technique HERE. N is for Nature – printed leaves from foam stamp on ice dyed background. Here is the tutorial. O is for…

Inspiration From A Old Piece

By: Lynda September 17, 2020September 18, 2020

fiber reactive dyes, soy waxfiber reactive dyes, soy wax, soy wax resist6 Comments

What a surprise when I found my inspiration from an old piece I had created a couple years ago.

ABC’s of Art Part 2

By: Lynda September 15, 2020

ice dyeing, leaf printing, surface design, tutorialsABCs, art alphabet, tutorials4 Comments

Today I’m continuing that SAQA alphabet challenge.

ABC’s of Art Part 1

By: Lynda September 5, 2020

eco printing, fabric printing, foam stamps, Reverse appliqueABCs, art alphabet, tutorialsLeave a Comment

Last month an organization I belong to, SAQA (Studio Artist Quilt Associates), hosted a challenge on their Facebook page for members to post every day some art with the day’s letter of the alphabet. We ended the month with Z. I thought it would be fun to do as blog posts.

Flour Resist Revisited

By: Lynda August 29, 2020September 17, 2020

Fabric Resists, fiber reactive dyes, thickened dyes, tutorialsfabric resists, fiber reactive dyes, flour resist, thickened dyes, tutorial11 Comments

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.