Tangled Thread - Tips, Trick and Tutorials in Sewing & Stitching

June 13th, 2008

recovering lost or stolen fiber art

Having a piece of art or a treasured quilt stolen can be devastating - I’ve have two pieces stolen in the past few years.   In both cases, the artwork was on display in shops, who weren’t responsible for theft (as is very common in consignment situations).  It’s so frustrating to lost work that you’ve created!
There’s […]

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February 15th, 2008

fiber art source of the day - Embellishment Village

Have you heard of Embellishment Village?
It’s a company dedicated to fiber art and all the fun things we can use to enhance & embellish!  They have free patterns, an inspiration gallery and a great link list :-)
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January 21st, 2008

just a brief safety reminder

I consider myself fairly competent with tools.  I own several power tools, I’ve taken classes - I spent my teenage years on a farm…  And yet, somehow I still managed to do this to my arm yesterday:
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December 3rd, 2007

Winter Wonderland contest

My DH has been busy in his studio lately and has created these charming little snowflake fiber art tags:

The tags are approximately 1 inch square with holes pierced in each corner - perfect for stitching into a piece of fiber or mixed-media art, added to your scrapbook or even made into jewelery! The large […]

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November 19th, 2007

are you taking care of yourself in the studio?

I’ve been working away madly on Christmas presents (unfortunately, I just can’t show any pictures until after Christmas!) and spent most of my morning & afternoon hunched over my sewing machine.
I’m as guilty as the next person when it comes to paying attention to how I’m feeling as I work. Inspiration or even just […]

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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 :-)
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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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