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How to: Scrap Greeting Cards

By: Lynda November 27, 2020November 27, 2020

fabric scraps, Greeting Cards, Sewing, tutorialsFabric greeting cards, fabric scraps, greeting cards, tutorial13 Comments

I have always loved making greeting cards. For years I made my Christmas cards. In the beginning they were hands-on using hand cut stencils, or adding paper embellishments. I graduated to using photos. Now I want to send fabric cards, but I’ve never really been happy with the ones I made. Until now! But I…

Studios Tour 2020

By: Lynda November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Etsy store, Greeting cards, Greeting Cards, Organization, Sewingart studio, dye studio, organizing, studio redo, studio tour6 Comments

I’ve not given a tour of my studios for awhile, so I thought I’d take you on a tour of my creative spaces today, and a peek at what I’ve been working on for my next tutorial. Let’s start in the dye studio, aka garage, where most of my wet work goes on. This is…

Changing my mind

By: Lynda October 28, 2020

Finishing pieces, Frixion Pens, Postcard Fabric Art, tutorialsart process, fabric postcards, Frixion Pens, postcard fabric art, tutorials2 Comments

I’m continuing to work on the postcards for the monthly Postcard Fabric Art Facebook Group. We’re now in the 70’s, and I’ve spent a lot of time changing my mind on this piece! Here is the finished one.

Around Here October 25

By: Lynda October 25, 2020

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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.

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…

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.

Making small art

By: Lynda July 27, 2020July 31, 2020

art quilts, Free Motion, Greeting cards, Sewing, spinner art, tutorialsart quilts, fabric cards, greeting cards, small art quilts, tutorial6 Comments

I’ve been working on greeting cards lately. These are a bit different from the other ones I’ve shown you.

Finishing rope coasters

By: Lynda July 23, 2020July 27, 2020

dyeing, fiber reactive dyes, rope coasters, Sewingcord coasters, dyeing rope, rope coasters4 Comments

Several years ago I made a whole bunch of coasters to give away at one of my women’s group Christmas party. Everyone liked them. I felt like Oprah – you get one, and you get one, and you get one!

Postcard Fabric Art First Six

By: Lynda July 18, 2020July 23, 2020

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I mentioned back in January that I joined the Postcard Fabric Art group on Facebook. Every month is a new challenge. It has been interesting seeing all of the beautiful cards, and learning about the topic. Here are my first six postcards.