The Dream Keeper
Since 2010, instead of making new year’s resolutions which have generally fallen by the wayside within a few weeks or months, I’ve been choosing a single word and using it as a guide to navigate through the year. A single word is a powerful thing. It’s a simple reminder of all the things that you …
PhotoArt Pincushion Tutorial
With gift giving season just around the corner, these pincushions are a perfect handmade gift for your sewing friends … or even for yourself. And they are so quick and easy to make you won’t be able to stop at just one. You can easily personalize these pincushions by printing a photo or image onto …
Sentiment Cards – the Perfect Handmade Gift for the Holidays
It’s hard keeping secrets but now it’s time to share – I’m so excited to have one of my stitched mixed media projects featured in the latest issue of Somerset Studio magazine! This issue is perfectly time for the upcoming holidays and features several beautiful projects and ideas that can be used to make handmade …
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Fragments of Nature as ephemeral art
After spending several weeks making “Fragments of Nature”, this project is finally complete. It was an intentional decision to make these stitched pieces fragile and ephemeral in nature because the inspiration came after the recent hurricane here in Florida, which was nature’s reminder of our own fragility and temporary existence. This stitched art will no …
Fragments of Nature – seeing with new eyes
The walk around my back yard last week ended up being quite inspiring, which just goes to prove that inspiration can strike at the most unexpected times because I’ve walked around the back yard hundreds of times before and never really “noticed” what I noticed that day. After collecting small bundles of leaves and sticks …
Aspects of Nature
Today I wandered around my back yard for the first time since it was finally cleaned of debris from the last hurricane. I don’t really have much of a garden back there, but it’s a lovely place to walk around in the summer when the tall trees cast lots of shade. Although the worst of …
Some Final Fabric Collections using Assemblage Hand-Dyeing
This week we finally completed the last lesson of the Assemblage Hand-Dyeing Workshop and what a journey it’s been! During the last 10 weeks we’ve covered the basics of color theory and color mixing, then moved on to experiment with some creative hand-dyeing “assemblage-style” using techniques such as low water immersion, shibori, ice dyeing, microwave …
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More Amazing Fabric Collections using Assemblage Hand-Dyeing
We’re now over half-way through the 10-week Assemblage Hand-Dyeing Workshop, and judging by the photos that students are sharing, they are creating some amazingly beautiful fabric collections in all sorts of color combinations. These past few weeks we’ve been exploring microwave dyeing which is quick and easy, and tie dyeing which is so much fun. …
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The Beginning of a New Journal
I really enjoyed making this little journal last week. It went together so quickly, particularly the pages which were so much fun to make using my gel plate. So today I made some more gel plate prints on cardstock to use for the pages. This time I’m going with neutral colors and I’m really liking …
Collecting Memories
Today was one of those busy days that doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for doing too much creative work, so 10 minutes was all I could find. I often use days like this to gather, collect and prepare for little sewing projects I’d like to get started because it doesn’t take a whole …
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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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 …
