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Using Thrifted Fabric

By: Lynda November 17, 2019November 17, 2019

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I love thrift shopping. A week or so ago, Tena and I went shopping. It’s been so long since I thrift shopped with anyone, and it was so much fun. Here is what I purchased.

Letters, Lots of Letters

By: Lynda November 10, 2019November 10, 2019

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I’ve got letters, lots of letters.

#Printinktober 28-31

By: Lynda November 6, 2019November 6, 2019

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Well, this printinktober challenge is over. Here are my last four pieces.

Fourth #Printinktober

By: Lynda October 27, 2019November 1, 2019

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Well, I’ve just finished the fourth week of #Printinktober where I’m printing every day this month. Here are my finished pieces.

Third #Printinktober 2019

By: Lynda October 20, 2019October 27, 2019

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We’re now in the third week of #Printinktober. I decided it was time to play with some of my thermofax screens. Here are all of my prints from this week. All of the thermofax designs are mine except for the two pieces with the handwriting on them. I’m using Speedball screen printing ink. …

Second #Printinktober 2019

By: Lynda October 13, 2019October 20, 2019

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It’s my second week of #printinktober. If you missed the first week, here is the link. This week I am still using rollers, but wanted to use mostly plain ones to see what I could create.

Printinktober 2019

By: Lynda October 6, 2019October 13, 2019

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I always want to do those 100-day challenges, but I can’t seem to focus on something for that length of time. Well, when Julie Fei-Fan Balzer announced her #printinktober challenge last month, I decided I wanted to try it this year. If you aren’t familiar with this challenge, it is printing on paper or fabric…

Vacation Thrift Shopping

By: Lynda September 23, 2019October 6, 2019

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We just returned from a wonderful vacation in New England. Whenever we travel, I always try to find local thrift shops to search out bargains. On our way to Woodstock, Vermont, we stopped in Plymouth, New Hampshire to eat lunch at Six Burner Bistro. As we were getting in the car to leave, I noticed…

Ethel Tote

By: Lynda September 6, 2019September 23, 2019

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In my quest to use up some of my fabric, I sewed another tote. This one will go in our local library auction. I didn’t have enough of the ice dyed fabric, so added the yellow which I low immersion dyed last month for another project. This is a free pattern from Swoon. This pattern…