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   | It’s been a while since I worked with brown paper bags or paper of any kind for that matter. Last week I got the urge to break out the Mistyfuse,paint and foil and started building layers of foil and paint on a brown paper bag… (click for detail view) This was [...] by:Jane Dunnewold ISBN:9781596681958 176 pages Dimensions:8.5 x 10.25 Inches Few artists have had the far reaching and influential impact on the fiber art world as Jane Dunnewold. Her book “Complex Cloth”is considered the must have bible for fiber artists. Since the release of that book,the art of surface design has [...] I know I haven’t posted much lately and I don’t think that’s a trend that will be stopping anytime soon. Now that spring/summer weather is here I’m finding it harder and harder to spend time indoors. But I did find some time to dye up 10 yards of sandwashed cotton that I got a few [...] Thank you to everyone who left a comment on my last post. I appreciated all your kind words and thoughts. I’m not ready to get back into the studio just yet so I’ve been keeping busy with another project that I’m pretty excited about. I put in a vegetable garden: It’s small (about 10′x24′) but [...] This past weekend was the day for the reveal for the Convergence themed quilts in the Fiberactions group: "convergence"16"x20" I had big plans for this challenge and originally had a bright colorful quilt in mind for it but a few weeks after the word was announced my dog Gertie got very ill and [...] For those of you who read Vicki’s blog you know she announced her retirement a few weeks ago. Well Terri and I wanted to do something special for her to mark the occasion so we decided to surprise her with a collaborative quilt. We chose a black/red/white color palette and we each made six 12″[...] Sue Pelland has designed a new set of rulers for cutting leaf shapes and I think that these are the coolest new rulers to come along in a long time: I see a lot more than just leaves coming from these rulers on my cutting table –I see curvy edges for any shape [...] I make it a point when I run errands,visit the fabric store or go grocery shopping to always bring my own re-usable bags. When Kathy and I were at MQX last month we saw a vendor that had several of these clothesline bags on display and of course we both ended up leaving [...] by Linda Johansen # Paperback:96 pages # Publisher:C&T Publishing (May 25,2010) # Language:English # ISBN-10:1571208631 This book is an excellent guide for creating specific colors and color ranges with procion mx fiber reactive dyes. The book begins with a very brief outline of precautions,tools,how to mix the [...] I’m very excited about the first article of my four part series on building my custom studio appearing in the Summer issue of Cloth Paper Scissors Studios magazine! cover image by Debbie Patterson This issue is due out on newsstands in a few weeks or you can pre-order your copy on the Interweave Press website [...] |     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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