See my ice dyeing article in the Aug/Sept issue of Quilting Arts.
Tag Archives: homemade
Sun Printing 2
Last summer I had so much fun with sun printing. If you’ve not read my project from last summer, check it out here. I liked those pieces, but wanted more vibrant color so I headed off to Blick’s to buy … Continue reading
Posted in crafts, dyeing, fabric, tutorials
Tagged crafts, fabric, gardening, homemade, setacolor paints, sun printing, sun printing tutorial, surface design
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Plantain Anti-Itch Balm
Now that I have that wonderful plantain infused oil, it’s time to make some anti-itch balm. I’ve put 4 ounces of plantain infused oil into my double boiler. To that oil I added approximately 1 ounce of beeswax. After the … Continue reading
Posted in body care products, crafts, gardening, tutorials
Tagged body care, gardening, homemade, Plantain, plantain anti-itch balm, Plantain infused oil
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Valentine Card
Every year I try to make hubby a different valentine card. Last year’s post HERE shows some of the ones I’ve made in the past. Last year I made him this wall hanger. I had forgotten that I had used … Continue reading
Posted in crafts, fabric, mixed media, paper, Sewing
Tagged crafts, homemade, recycled crafts, recycling, sewing, valentine's day card
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Fabric Dye Precautions
I did mention on my snow dyeing posts that you need to wear gloves and a mask when working with these fiber reactive dyes. These dyes are chemicals and because they are powders they can become airborne and could cause … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, dyeing fabric, fiber reactive dyes, homemade, precautions using dyes, sewing
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Strathmore Visual Journaling
We just completed Workshop One of Strathmore’s Online Visual Journaling Series. This month’s topic has been Recycled Journal pages. We started creating with one page made from copies of previous journal pages we’ve created. Here is my original journal page … Continue reading
Posted in art journals, crafts, Journal Writing, recycling, Sewing
Tagged art journals, crafts, homemade, journaling, produce drawstring bags, recycled crafts, sewing, Strathmore visual journals
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Spinner Fabric Art
I’ve had this art spinner for quite awhile. In the past I used it to make colorful pieces of paper for cards. I’ve been so into fabric lately so I decided to try using fabric instead of paper with those … Continue reading
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Tagged art spinner, crafts, fabric printing, fabric spinner art, homemade, sewing, spinner fabric art
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Gelatin Printing
I’ve been wanting to try this technique since I saw it on Quilting Arts TV last summer. I knew we’d be snowed in today so I got all of my stuff together yesterday so I could start playing this morning. … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, fabric printing, gelatin printing, homemade, quilting, sewing, surface design
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Out of my comfort zone
One thing I wanted to do this year was to really push myself and explore my artistic side. Writing and photography have always been loves and comfortable, but drawing and sewing have been really pretty scary. For the last 20 … Continue reading
Reviewing Our 2010 Soaps
This year Dave and I decided to bake all of our bread this year. I started with the HB in Five group attempting to bake through the book. Dave made a variety of wonderful breads from other resources. It was … Continue reading
