How to make Rusted Fabric using Wonder Under
While I was in the process of making a new book cover, I started experimenting with making rusted fabric using wonder under fusible webbing which I’d painted. Wonder Under is fusible webbing with a paper backing, and because I’ve used painted wonder under before, I knew that it would probably turn out quite well. And …
Creating a Daily Artistic Practice
This year I’m participating in the 100 Day Project which is an annual event that encourages you to make or do something creative for 100 days straight. You can find all the information about this project here on their website and you can see photos of my project here. The purpose of the event is …
How to Tea-Dye Lace and Thread for a Vintage Look
When making stitched mixed media journals, I love to use lace and thread that have an aged and vintage look. It just seems to complement the other bits and pieces I use to tell my stories. Dyeing lace and thread using tea (or even coffee), is a quick and easy way to create that stained …
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My Latest Art Journal: Wings
My latest art journal is a contemplative themed journal titled “Wings”. Contemplative journals give us a safe space to explore our feelings and emotions in a creative way. I used wings as the theme for this journal. With wings we can fly to new heights. They give us the ability to soar up and away …
Digital Design for Fabric: Repurpose and Reuse
One of the best things about creating your own PhotoArt, fabric designs and other types of digital imagery, is that the images can be reused in many different ways. With digital files, images can be resized larger or smaller and easily changed and manipulated. This means that you have limitless possibilities for repurposing them and …
How to Sew Beads onto Fabric so they don’t fall off
Beading on fabric is one of my favorite fabric embellishment techniques, and I have to admit I’m a little addicted to it. I love to bead all sorts of different types of textile art, and sewing projects. I sometimes like to sew beads on individually … … and sometimes I like to sew them on …
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Hand embroidery thread – how to blend custom thread colors
If you do a lot (or even a little) hand embroidery, over time you can accumulate quite a collection of embroidery floss and yarn. But doesn’t it always seem that you simply never have the right color hand embroidery thread to finish off a sewing project? The color thread you use for hand stitching can …
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Beautiful Hand-Dyed Fabrics in the Colors of Nature
The next best thing to teaching others how to hand-dye fabrics and fibers, is seeing the results of their efforts, and the fabric collections which are being produced during the current session of my Fragments of Nature Workshop are simply beyond beautiful. It’s easy to see the colors of nature reflected in these fabrics, threads …
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Hand-Dyeing the Colors of Nature
It’s been quite a busy month so far with a focus on teaching my new workshop – Fragments of Nature – both online and in a live workshop. We are about half-way through the online class, and have so far learned how to mix dyes to recreate nature colors. It all begins with hand-dyed color …
Hand-Dyed Fabrics with Amazing Color and Visual Texture
It’s always a thrill for me to see the work that my students produce during my online classes and workshops, and I particularly love to see the beautiful fabrics and fibers that they create during my hand-dyeing workshops. After 30 years of hand-dyeing I never get tired of seeing the unique color and texture that …
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Fabric Dyeing and Playing with Color
Playing with color is one of my favorite things to do, particularly when hand-dyeing. Mixing and blending different colors to create brand new colors is magical, and even after 30 years of hand-dyeing I’m still always excited to see the results. During these last few weeks I’ve been leading a new batch of students through …
How to Make Mini-Tassels using Silk Cocoons
One of the best things about being a textile artist is discovering unusual things that can be stitched and sewn, and incorporated into mixed media art in creative ways. Silk cocoons and silk carrier rods are definitely some of those unusual things. The cocoon is the metamorphosis home of the silkworm and is spun in …
