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Gel Plate Prints on Paper and Fabric
Continuing on from yesterday I finished making my gel plate prints on cardstock. Now that they are all done, I’m going to use them to make a small journal. I also managed to get some great prints on fabric. I’m going to use this for the cover of my journal. Check back tomorrow to see …
Making Prints using a Gel Plate
After several days of making stencils and stamps, I finally made some time to try them out with my new Gel Press printing plate. I have a large gel plate which is 12″ square. However just because you have a large plate, doesn’t mean you have to use the complete surface when making prints. When …
Amazing Fabric Collections using Assemblage Hand-Dyeing
We’re about mid-way through the Assemblage Hand-Dyeing Workshop and after several weeks of color study and play, students are finally getting to use all that knowledge to create their fabric collections. I’m so excited to share some photos of their beautiful hand-dyed fabrics. Low Water & No Water Immersion Dyeing Ice & Faux Snow Dyeing …
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DIY Glue Gun Stencils
I enjoy making my own stamps and stencils, particularly using my Silhouette Cameo, but I also enjoy making glue gun stencils, which are about as quick and easy as you can get. To make glue gun stencils, all you need is a glue gun, a teflon craft sheet, and a design. You can make stencils …
Cutting Stamps using the Silhouette Cameo
I cut several stencils the other day using my Silhouette Cameo, and today I bound the edges with some duck tape. Adding duck tape around the edges makes it easy to both see and handle the stencils, particularly as they are made out of transparent Grafix Dura-Lar material which is quite thin and difficult to …
Up Close and Personal with Macro Photography
My new camera lens arrived yesterday and I couldn’t wait to try it out so on Saturday I spent a couple of hours learning how to use it and then I took a few photos around the back yard. This lens is a Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 Di LD with a Macro feature designed to …
Getting Started Creating a Daily Artistic Practice
I’ve been wondering what to do with this pile of hand-dyed fabrics that I’ve been collecting for quite a few years now, and rarely look at anymore. (I’m a little embarrassed that I can’t even close the lid on that container any more.) There’s a lot of small pieces that are dyed in plain colors …
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Creating Color with Assemblage Hand-Dyeing
I make time every day to include creativity as part of my busy life, even if it’s only for a few minutes at a time. However I never feel more creative than when I’m sharing my creative processes, or teaching others to use their creative gifts. These last few weeks have been such a delight …
Keeping family close even when far away
It’s been several weeks since I returned from my visit home to Australia and it’s only now beginning to feel like things are getting back to normal – at least a little. As I get older, recovering from jet lag seems to take longer and longer, and thirty hour flights lost their appeal quite a …
From one Sunshine State to Another and Back Again – Whew!
It hardly feels I’ve been away for almost a month travelling from Deland, Florida (the Sunshine State of the US) to Brisbane, Queensland (the Sunshine State of Australia) – a huge round trip of almost 20,000 miles! So getting back to work is a bit of a challenge at the moment. I’ll definitely have some …
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How to print your own fabric using an inkjet printer
Printing your own fabric is fun and easy and it can be used in all sorts of different ways in all types of sewing projects. Small to medium printed photos and images can easily be printed out using a standard size inkjet printer. Printed photos can be used to make memory quilts or photo quilts. …
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If You Can Dream It
Another of the Fragments cards that I’ve been making recently. You can see the previous one I made here. I have lots more in various stages of progress so I’ll share more soon.
