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Archive for September 2007

September 30th, 2007

September Artist Showcase

It’s time for the Art & Design Channel’s “artist showcase”.
This month, William from Artist Hideout has hosted it.  Go check it out!
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September 29th, 2007

are you sewing Hallowe’en costumes?

I’m not planning on making myself a Hallwe’en costume this year…
The dogs may get dressed up though :-)

I think my Corgi would look quite fetching dressed up as a hot dog - although she might not think so!  That’s Simplicity pattern #3952.

Or if you don’t want to dress your dog up as a hot dog, […]

By Chloe -- 2 comments

September 27th, 2007

feeling better, thank you

My foot is doing much better today, my shoulder however still is telling me that it’s not happy.
Despite my shoulder, I managed to sew a fleece sleeping bag liner for my DH.  His old one is falling apart and definitely needed replacing.  It’s basically just a long fleece tube, but there are quite a few […]

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September 26th, 2007

owweee

I’ve had one of those days.
I managed to seriously wrench my left shoulder (very bad for a left handed artist!)
I also somehow found a shard of glass on my kitchen floor.
With bare feet.
Owwweee.
In fact, pretty much the only thing I’ve managed to accomplish this evening has been this:

That’s home-made blackberry muffin :-)  I wish I […]

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September 25th, 2007

how-to: an easy yo-yo wreath for fall

Okay, so you got your supplies together?  I asked nicely yesterday :-)

Here’s what I’m using - quilting cottons in shades of green & rust, with coordinating ribbon.

You need to cut out a dozen or more yo-yo circles.  I’m using a 3″ circle here - you can see how small they get when they’re sewn & […]

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September 24th, 2007

fall decorating with yo-yos

My love of yo-yo circles has been well documented here (and here) whoops, and there’s more here :-)
I thought it would be fun to use yo-yo circles to make a decorative wreath for fall!
I’ll have the step by step tutorial for you tomorrow - but in the mean time, you need to get some things […]

By Chloe -- 4 comments

September 23rd, 2007

planning with computer collages

I’ve got a question for you all?
How many of you use computers to help plan your art or craft work?
Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:

It’s a collage I put together from these two pieces:

That’s the back of a portfolio I designed.

And the horses from my art quilt “Dawn“.
I started playing around with different […]

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September 22nd, 2007

how-to of the day: using bleach to stencil fabric

Okay, so I didn’t write this tutorial, but it’s really well done & worth checking out!
Click here to see how it’s done :-)
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September 20th, 2007

new poll

I’ve got a favor to ask of you, my lovely readers :-)
Scroll down to the bottom of my blogroll.
Keep scrolling - it’s there.
Do you see the poll?
Now it’s your turn :-)  Let me know what you’d like to see more of in the upcoming months!
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September 20th, 2007

drumroll please…

We have a winner for the Tag Team contest!
Congratulations Sally S. - you get to choose a Hope tag for your very own :-)
And to everyone else, good luck next time - there’s another contest coming up soon!
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