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Imagination will take you Everywhere
As I’m planning a trip home to Australia next month to visit my family, I’ve only just now begun to think of gifts to take. I was originally going to buy gifts, but decided instead to make things by hand which is much more personal and holds more sentimental value. So having left gift buying …
Faux Eco-Natural Dyeing using Procion Dyes
I’ve been doing some experimenting with faux eco-natural dyeing using Procion dyes in anticipation of my upcoming hand-dying online class. I love using Procion dyes because they are so easy and versatile to use, but using them in a way that they are not intended to be used and expecting great results, certainly takes quite …
Fabric Dyeing with Faux Snow – Overdyed
Yesterday I shared some photos of my snow faux dyed fabric. I wasn’t totally happy with a couple of the pieces so I overdyed them using a violet color dye. Adding another color into the collection has really made a huge difference in a good way. Cotton fabric before overdyeing. It had an unattractive green …
Fabric Dyeing with Faux Snow
This week I’ll be doing some fabric dyeing as I need some color coordinated fabrics and fibers to use in my fabric art journals. I like to use fabrics and fibers of a similar color palette when making journals, because they help to provide a cohesive look to support the story that I’m telling. One …
Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Journal: Unfolding – Putting it all Together
The “Journey” Creative Stitch Alchemy Project is now free when you join Creative Art’n’Soul Journaling. You can find details here. In this week’s session of the Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Course: Unfolding … we’re now ready to assemble the mini-journal. After spending the last four weeks creating the pages for our mini-journal, all that’s left is …
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Fragments Art Journal: Breathing Space
I recently shared a few photos of my new fabric art journal and finally found time to upload some full size shots. As with all my Fragments projects, this art journal has a theme – Breathing Space – and I found that using a minimal design was the perfect way to represent this theme. Sometimes …
Art Journaling … on Fabric
These past few months I’ve been immersed in developing some new techniques for making art journals that have pages that can be easily painted on as well as stitched. Although it’s easy enough to stitch on paper, paper just isn’t as strong or durable as fabric. So I believe I have finally engineered the perfect …
Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Journal: Unfolding – The Story Ends
The “Journey” Creative Stitch Alchemy Project is now free when you join Creative Art’n’Soul Journaling. You can find details here. In this week’s session of the Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Course Mini-Course which has the theme “Unfolding” we’re stitching the last page of the mini-journal. The last page of the mini-journal is where the story ends, …
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Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Journal: Unfolding – Hidden Pockets
The “Journey” Creative Stitch Alchemy Project is now free when you join Creative Art’n’Soul Journaling. You can find details here. In this week’s session of the Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Course Mini-Course which has the theme “Unfolding” we’re exploring additional ways to add words to the pages of your mini-journal, using hidden pockets. A pocket is …
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Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Journal: Unfolding – Secret Stories
The “Journey” Creative Stitch Alchemy Project is now free when you join Creative Art’n’Soul Journaling. You can find details here. In this week’s session of the Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Course Mini-Course which has the theme “Unfolding” we’re exploring ways to add words to the pages using secret stories. Adding words allows you to infuse deeper …
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Hope is the thing with feathers
Creating Fragments – it all starts with inspiration and the desire to capture the memory. Some people like to paint, or write, or make art journals. I like to use images, fabric and stitch. A PhotoArt image … A poem … Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the …
Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Journal: Unfolding – Beginning the Journey
The “Journey” Creative Stitch Alchemy Project is now free when you join Creative Art’n’Soul Journaling. You can find details here. This week begins a new session of the Creative Stitch Alchemy Mini-Course and I am so excited to be offering this mini-course again, this time with a new theme – Unfolding. Using a theme is …
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