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Archive for November 2007

November 14th, 2007

something exciting is happening…

Go check it out here :-)
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November 13th, 2007

the finished painted gift bag

I talked yesterday about some different ways to use acrylic paint on fabric.   I showed a piece of fabric that I had stamped on using Golden fluid acrylics & some inexpensive foam stamps.  Here’s what I turned it into:

Making fabric gift bags is a great way to use up your stash, especially if you’re […]

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November 12th, 2007

working with fabric paints

I was just asked about how to use acrylic paints on fabric and whether or not you can wash them.  Most standard acrylic paints need to have a fabric paint medium added to them.  The medium makes the paints softer when they’re dried and allow you to wash the paint without worrying about washing it […]

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November 10th, 2007

poppy pins for Remembrance day

I thought it would be nice to do something to commemorate Remembrance Day (or Veteran’s day, depending where you live)
Karen recently sent me a wonderful link for a poppy corsage, designed by Juju Vail.  I love her concept and wanted to play around with it a little.  Here’s what I came up with:

I used two […]

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November 9th, 2007

Fiberella

I’ve just found a wonderful new website called Fiberella.  It’s a combination fiber art supply store (check out their wool roving!) gallery site & teaching program.
It’s definitely worth checking out :-)
Tags: art-quilt, fiber-art, fiber-art-supplies, fiberella, free-motion-embroidery, free-motion-quilting

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November 7th, 2007

tip of the day - using swatch boards

I’m working on a piece of fiber art with a minimum of 25 different colors & prints on it.  I’ve got a very definite idea about what I’m doing, but what happens when I go to my stash and it looks like this:

Or this:

Or… this:

Inspiring, luscious, yummy - oh yes!  But I need to get […]

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November 6th, 2007

Igolochkoy or Russian punch-needle embroidery

Is there a technique that you used to love doing but haven’t had the time/energy/whatever for lately?
I’ve been thinking about taking up igolochkoy again.  It’s also known as Russian punch-needle embroidery and I used to love doing it as a child & teenager.  It’s a technique of embroidery, using a fine needle to push floss […]

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