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Spinner Art using a Turntable

By: Lynda July 19, 2018August 10, 2018

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Let’s now change gears a bit and make spinner art using a turntable.

Spinner Art with Soy Wax and Thickened Dye

By: Lynda July 15, 2018August 10, 2018

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I absolutely love playing with soy wax. Today we’re talking about using the Hasbro Spin-Art machine with soy wax and thickened dye.

Spinner Art with Color Magnet

By: Lynda July 12, 2018August 10, 2018

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Today I’m on to using my spinner with Jacquard Color Magnet.

Spinner Art with Jacquard Water Based Resist

By: Lynda July 11, 2018August 10, 2018

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For this post I’m using Jacquard Water Based Resist with my spinner art. I really like using this product and unlike glue it is so easy to wash out of the fabric.

Spinner Art with Glue and Spray Dye

By: Lynda July 7, 2018August 10, 2018

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In the first of the Spinner Art series I used glue as a resist and low immersion dyed. In this post I’m talking about using the glue, but spraying the dye on the fabric.

Spinner Art with Thickened Dye

By: Lynda July 4, 2018August 11, 2018

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In my last post I showed spinner art with glue as a resist and low immersion dyeing once the glue was dry. In this post, we are going to use the dye in the spinner without a resist.

Spinner Art Revisited

By: Lynda July 1, 2018August 10, 2018

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In 2012 I wrote an article on Spinner Art for the June/July issue of Quilting Arts magazine. I also wrote a blog post Here and recorded a video using Sharpies Here.

Back to the 60s: Tie Dyeing

By: Lynda June 14, 2018June 17, 2018

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As most of you who’ve followed my blog, you know I love to dye fabric. However, of that dyeing, I rarely tie dye although often people will mistake my ice dyeing for that craft. However, this past week I’ve been knee deep in tie dyeing for a local Pride service. Here are a few bandanas…

Writing on Fabric

By: Lynda December 10, 2017

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Today I’m writing on fabric and not doing a real good job of it! Several years ago, early on my blogging journey, one of my local readers ran into me at the local Joann’s. She came up to me and asked if I was the one who wrote this blog. I guess I really looked…