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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...
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...
Fragments – stitching together the story of our lives
If you've been thinking about joining me for a year of Fragments, it's not too late! The Fragments workshop continues right throughout this year and each month I share techniques and processes for making Fragments and mini-journals, as well as tutorials and other...
Inkjet Printing on Fabric – How to make your fabric prints washable
Before you print your images onto fabric, it's well worth taking the time and effort to ensure that your printed images will be water-resistant and/or washable. This can prevent disappointment at a later date when you accidentally discover the ink on your prints has...
PhotoArt Pincushion Tutorial
Whenever I run a new session of one of my online classes I always like to include a fresh project and tutorial. So for the next session of the Inked Cloth Unleashed class which begins next Monday 16th January, I thought I'd make something simple and these pincushions...
Injured prints – what they are and what you can do with them
Have you ever printed an image onto fabric and have it turn out a little less than perfect? Don't feel too bad; it happens to me more often than you'd think. Sometimes it's my own fault. Like when I'm not paying attention and press the print button on my printer...
Free Tutorial – How to make a Fabric Tray
Fabric trays are quick and easy to make and are so useful in the sewing room for holding needles and threads and other small items. You can use any type of fabric to make them of course, but I like to be a little more creative in my design, so my favorite method is to...
Inkjet printing on lutradur and dryer sheets using Inkaid and Digital Grounds
One of the things that I like so much about using Digital Grounds and Inkaid, is that these products can be used to prepare so many different types of surfaces for printing using an inkjet printer. I use them mainly to pre-treat fabric, but I also like to use them on...
My Summer journal + a quick Photoshop texture tutorial
I'm still working on my stitched summer journal. This week was particularly busy so I've only managed a few stitches here and there, but I did get the PhotoArt image for the cover designed and printed onto fabric ready for stitching. I really love the way this...
Stitched textiles with a little wabi sabi on the side
Here in Central Florida Hurricane Matthew is now a thing of the past and life is getting back to normal. Although we were fortunate to suffer only minimal damage, it does take a few days to destress from a force of nature such as a hurricane, so I have to admit I'm...
Work in Progress: Watercolor Print on Fabric
Now that my PhotoArt & Texture Club is up and running and I have a little more time on my hands, I can finally get back to creating some art. I'm a little excited about this first technique that I'm teaching in the club which is a watercolor sketch technique, so I...
Designing with Photoshop: PhotoArt Quilt
Photoshop is not only a great program for processing photos and creating PhotoArt, it's also quite useful as a design program. My design needs are fairly simple but I use Photoshop to easily create repeat patterns, to create templates for print'n'sew projects, and I...
