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April 20th, 2007

using fabric to make origami

I’ve been doing origami for years now and of course - being a fiber person, I need to see if I can use fabric to make it! My mother, Noreen has been using fabric in origami for a long time. I believe there’s also a book coming out about using origami to make […]

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April 11th, 2007

finished embroidered origami butterflies

Here are the two pieces of paper I embroidered yesterday:

I’ve folded them using Noreen’s pattern & I’m quite please with the results!
If you want to make your own origami butterflies, Noreen has posted a series of instructions over at Hankering For Yarn:
http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/butterflies-butterflies-how-to-fold-origami-butterflies-1/
http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/butterflies-butterflies-how-to-fold-origami-butterflies-2/
http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/butterflies-butterflies-how-to-fold-origami-butterflies-3/
http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/butterflies-butterflies-how-to-fold-origami-butterflies-4/
http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/butterflies-butterflies-how-to-fold-origami-butterflies-5/
Happy folding!
Tags: butterflies, How To, links, machine embroidery, weddings

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March 19th, 2007

monogrammed stationary part 2

Sorry about the lack of posts yesterday - I had about half an hour yesterday to deal with email… and that was it!
Here’s photos of the four finished cards - like all my work posted here, these are copyrighted & cannot be copied for sale or donation without my express written permission.

I used watercolor paper […]

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March 16th, 2007

great idea for stationary

*warning* upcoming post will be wedding themed :-)
I was flipping through a wedding magazine last night and came across a unique thank-you card from Tiger & Jones.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find an online image of the card, but it was a simple cream-colored card with a square swatch of vintage linen fabric on it.  They had […]

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