See my ice dyeing article in the Aug/Sept issue of Quilting Arts.
Category Archives: crafts
Saturday Yart
Dave and I took some time off today from gardening and other chores to go check out some local art at YART. This art fair, held every Spring and Fall has been going on for many years. Artists pay no … Continue reading
Posted in crafts, Ramblings
Tagged Clinton Bosler, craft shows, Fred Reaves, Mandy Gerth, Manna, YART
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Review: Inside The Creative Studio
Creative Studio – Inspiration and ideas for your art and craft space by Cate Coulacos Prato is a new release from Interweave. I’ve said this in past posts, but if a book can get me motivated to make something or … Continue reading
Watercolor Leaf Printing
I’ve been attending a really fun “Water, Paper, Paint” class at our East Branch library taught by a very talented Connie Walts. She has based her class on the book by the same name. I’ve not really explored working with … Continue reading
Posted in art journals, crafts, mixed media, paper, tutorials, watercolor
Tagged leaf printing, watercolor, watercolor leaf printing, watercolor printing
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Collage in Color Review
This is one of those emags from Interweave – the first one about collage. As I’ve said before, I love regular magazines I can hold and drool over, but I also enjoy these that have videos embedded of some of … Continue reading
Posted in collage, craft book reviews, crafts, mixed media, paper
Tagged Alisa Burke, collage, Collage in Color, Interweave, Julie Fei-Fan Baltzer
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Felting Soap
As I mentioned earlier, my interview with Karen really inspired me to felt. And what better project than to felt our homemade soap! However, if you want to do this, you can use any soap bar you have around the … Continue reading
Felting with Karen Meacham
This week’s Telling Your Story column in the Evansville Courier and Press is about Karen Meacham and her felted figures she makes for her Pre-K students at Evansville Day School. Read the article HERE. I had met Karen at the … Continue reading
Posted in felting, telling your story
Tagged Karen Meacham, telling your story, Waldorf education
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Bitten by the felting bug
When I started writing my Telling Your Story column over a year ago for The Evansville Courier & Press about local artists and crafters, I found that I wanted to try some of the crafts I’ve never attempted. One of … Continue reading
Balzer Stencils: Herringbone and Wonky Circles
I mentioned before our trip that I received several of Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s new stencils from The Crafter’s Workshop. Here is how I used the Summer stencil. Here are a couple more of the stencils and what I did with … Continue reading
Trip Goodies
Well, we just returned from a trip to northern New Mexico and Colorado. It’s always so good to get away. I’ll tell you more about our trip later, but wanted to show you some goodies I picked up. Before I … Continue reading
Handmade paper with Clinton Bosler
My interview this week for my Telling Your Story in the Evansville Courier & Press is about Clinton Bosler and his papermaking. See the article HERE. This was a fun interview. He made paper right in front of me. He … Continue reading
Posted in crafts, paper, telling your story
Tagged Clinton Bosler, crafts, papermaking, recycling crafts
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