My ice dyeing article - Quilting Arts - Aug/Sept 2011
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My Not Perfect Bags
I’ve had this thing about perfect. If it’s not perfect, it’s not any good or worth doing. I believe I got this from my Dad who was the perfectionist in our family. As a teenager, one of my duties around … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, fabric bags, not perfect bags, paint cloth bags, perfection, quilting, sewing
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Working with paint cloth
My new friend and wonderful artist Katherine Sands makes lovely art and often works with her paint cloths. I bought a couple of her beauties for Christmas presents last year. Well, one of them I ended up keeping. So I … Continue reading
Posted in crafts, dyeing, fabric, mixed media, Sewing
Tagged crafts, dyeing fabric, fabric, paint cloth, paint cloth art, quilting, sewing, snow dyeing, stamped paint cloth
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Giveaway: The Printed Pattern
Giveaway Winner – #7 Debi Ziemer of Louisville, KY Today’s book review and giveaway is for The Printed Pattern – Techniques and Projects for Inspiring Printmaking and Surface Design by mother and daughter team, Rebecca and Yvonne Drury whose line … Continue reading
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Tagged fabric, Interweave, printmaking, sewing, surface design, The Printed Pattern
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Review – In Stitches Vol 2
Since we bought identical cameras for Christmas, I’ve been wanting to make a cover for my camera strap to distinguish my camera from hubby’s. I just had no idea where to start and this might have been one of those … Continue reading
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Tagged camera strap, crafts, handmade camera strap, in stitches, Interweave, quilting, sewing
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Valentine Fabric Card
I hope you all enjoyed your Valentine’s Day yesterday. Here at Happy Acres we are pretty laid back. We both spent the morning running errands. I spent the afternoon working in my craft room/woman cave sewing with some of my … Continue reading
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Tagged fabric, fabric cards, sewing, valentine fabric book, valentine fabric card, Valentine's Day
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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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Sewing and Recycling
I’ve been doing a little sewing here at Happy Acres the past couple of weeks. I recycled some of my old material from my quilting days for these projects. We’ve been in dire need of some new potholders since the … Continue reading
Posted in crafts, fabric, preserving, recycling, Sewing
Tagged crafts, gardening, recycled crafts, recycling, recycling crafts, sewing
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Ice Fabric Dyeing
Did you say you don’t have snow and want to do some dyeing? Well, before I put up my dyeing stuff, I thought I’d try one more type of dyeing – ice dyeing. For those of us who don’t have … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, fabric dyeing with ice, fiber reactive dyes, ice dyeing, procion dyes, sewing
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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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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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Tagged canvas dyeing, crafts, fiber reactive dye, homemade, procion dyes, quilted crafts, quilting, sewing, snow dyeing, snow dying, tutorial
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