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Snow Dyeing: Technique #2

Now for the second technique. For this one I used less dye. I love the intense colors I got but wanted to see what they would look like using less dye which equals less cost. If you prepared your fabric … Continue reading

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Review: Havel Embroidery Scissors

I love tools – good tools. When I interviewed Terry White recently for my column, Telling Your Story, for our local Scripps Howard newspaper, as I was leaving she gave me a pair of these scissors. “Try these and see … Continue reading

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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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Show and Tell

I’ve been working on organizing my craft/woman cave. I have put together three shelves and a new craft table and organizing all of the crafts into bins and storage boxes. I’m almost done! Yeah! The other day I brought up … Continue reading

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Square-agonals Giveaway

Giveaway Closed – Congrats to Halle Gustafson from Chanhassen, MN! Square-agonals: A New Angle on Quilting, a new book published by Landauer Publishing is written by Sandi Blackwell, quilter, teacher, and business owner. In this book, Sandi shows a new … Continue reading

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Fabric Embellishing Fun

I was sent this book, Fabric Embellishing – The Basics & Beyond several months ago for review. I didn’t mean to sit on it so long, but I wanted to make sure I spent enough time with it to give … Continue reading

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Quilts and Quilters

My column this week in the Evansville Courier and Press is about Donna Bische and her quilts. Check out her story here. I remember my grandma quilting. I also remember always having one of her quilts on my bed. Here … Continue reading

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