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Kitchen foil box a book update!

Every time I put the roll of kitchen foil away I think of something else I want to make with it so for now we're doing without a roll of foil in the kitchen. I decided that since it worked so well for books why not try it with my next favorite thing to make…

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postcards,presents and a new book…

The other day when I went to the mailbox look what I found inside:

 

This gorgeous marbled silk scarf made by my good friend Sandy. I absolutely love it! 

and more kitchen foil stuff,this time in the form of postcards instead of books:

 

 

 

and lastly I decided it was [...]

still playing with kitchen foil…

Can't seem to stop playing with kitchen foil…

 

and

and

 

all of these books are 9"x2"x6". 

and if you've been wanting to try your hand at gradation dyeing Terri added a new free project to the Two Creative Studios website that you're gonna love!

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kitchen foil books…

I finally got these two coptic stitch books finished which took me longer than anticipated because I had to work out the best way to seal these surfaces to keep the ink from being scrubbed off.

 

These are 8 1/2"x 6"x1"and the one with the circles is in the shop here. [...]

another book review…

experimental textilesA journey through design,interpretation and inspirationby Kim ThittichaiISBN 978-1906388478

Let me begin this review by telling you what this book isn't:it is not a book of how to techniques. There are no step by step directions on how to create any of the gorgeous pieces in this book. What it is [...]

Book review &painted canvas

The Creative Edge

exercises to celebrate your creative self

by Mary Todd Beam

ISBN 978-1600611117

As you all know I am not a painter but I found that all of the exercises and techniques in this book are easily adaptable to working on cloth instead [...]

happy birthday to me!

Yesterday the UPS man carried a big box up the driveway and inside was a birthday present for me from my hubby:

 

a nice new Kutrimmer 1038 for cutting book board! I spent some time cutting bookboard with it today and it cuts so nice and accurately with very little effort on my part. [...]

kitchen foil surfaces &a giveaway details

I've been experimenting with some new book surface techniques over the last week. This first one is turning out to be my favorite:

 

This is a very easy technique to do and I learned from an article by Miriam Forder in issue 5 of Fibre&Stitch. All you need for this is some kitchen foil [...]