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

January 7th, 2008

inspiration boards & walls

Here’s a shot of my inspiration pin board:

It tends to be a catch-all for little bits & pieces that spark creativity in me.  Scraps of lace, vintage jewelery, post cards, coffee labels - you name, it’s probably up there!
Design or inspiration boards can be a great organization or creativity tool.  They can allow you top […]

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January 3rd, 2008

furoshiki - the Japanese art of fabric wrapping

Boingboing has a great post on how to use fabric to wrap almost anything.  The technique is called “furoshiki” and it’s very cool!
Tags: blogs, boingboing, fiber-art-blogs, furoshiki, inspiration, japanese-fabric-wrapping, links

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December 14th, 2007

yo-yo & polka dot earrings

Oh my goodness - you’ve got to go check out these wonderful earrings!  Purple polka-dots & yo-yos :-)
Tags: blogs, fiber-art-blogs, inspiration, links

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October 25th, 2007

having fun in the studio

I teach craft classes at a local craft store, normally just classes for adults.  I’m taking over a couple of kids classes while another teacher is away on vacation.  I had to go in today and make the samples for the upcoming classes (for some reason people like to see what they’re making before they […]

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September 16th, 2007

inspiration from other artists

It’s so much fun to look around and see what other artists are doing - it can bring a fresh outlook or fresh inspiration into your own studio. I like to see what people are working on, even if they don’t work in the same medium or style as I do.
I just recently came […]

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March 14th, 2007

machine fusion fabric part 5

This tutorial has moved - you can find the whole how-to part one and part two here :-)

image: © C Findlay-Harder
Tags: art-quilt, art-quilts, cotton, Creativity, embellishment, Embellishments, Embroidery, Fabric, How To, inspiration, machine embroidery, machine-sewing, quilting, silk, stitching, techniques

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December 29th, 2006

The Goal Guru

Just had to let you know that my friend, Jill Koenig, was just on FoxNews Channel talking about achieving success by turning your resolutions into goals. For those who don’t know, Jill is the Goal Guru.
This is part of what Jill has to say about setting goals, “The purpose of setting Goals is to […]

By Cathy -- 1 comment