I call these hand painted and not hand dyed because I use Jacquard dye-na-flow and other textile paints to create these fabrics. Even though I'm using them like I would a true dye they're still a paint in that they don't bond with the fabrics like dye does. Anyway…here's the latest few pieces of [...]
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     Photographic Inspirations Blog      | Can't make it to Chicago for the Quilt Festival this week? Well here's the next best thing! Starting tomorrow,April 17,you will be able to attend the First Annual Bloggers Quilt Festival! Amy of the Park City Girl blog has come up with a great idea and you can read all about [...] The Danforth Museum asked me to make some boxes for the gift shop and I just happened to have a couple of tissue paper surfaces on hand so I thought I'd make some potpourri boxes from them: For the windows in these I used some of that cool knitted metal mesh fabric from Joggles [...] A few months ago I came across a denim jacket while I was out doing a bit of shopping. It was covered with some very ugly plastic beads in turquoise in silver. I hated the beading but loved the shape and fit of the jacket so I bought it thinking I'd just take off the [...] The Fruitlands Museum asked me to make a couple of teapots for their tea room that will be opening later this month. This first one is made from a commercial fabric that I found at the bottom of my stash and thought would make a good fabric for a teapot. And this [...] First up some new pieces of Shibori dyed silk: and and and this next one is my favorite:This piece is loaded with color. I dyed this one by laying it in the tray that was filled with the paint that had dripped off the fabrics that were drying on the pole they were [...] In my last post Deb left a comment asking me about journal closures so I thought I'd talk about the closures that I use on my journals here for those of you who are interested. For my hardcover books I usually use these: These are leather straps that install very easily with a hammer. [...] |    It's easy to make your own Silk screens using the sun with PhotoEZ Sheets from EZScreenPrint!Use the offer code SUE10 at checkout to get 10% off your order! Get all the details"here"    | ||
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