Archive for May, 2012

Just a few days left…

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I wanted to give you the heads up that there are just a few days left to buy this limited edition thermofax screen Florabunda, sale ends May 31st. The image on the screen is approximately 9″ x 6″ and sells for $13. This image was printed with textile paint on tan colored hand dyed fabric. This [...]


Are you going to Festival in Long Beach?

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I can’t believe it’s nearly June! Time is flying by and in just a little more than a month Quilt Festival will be upon us. Here’s the line up of classes I’ll be teaching. Thursday, July 26 Alternatively Bound & Stitched NEW Expand your free motion quilting repertoire with some creative free motion stitching exploration. Then bind [...]


Chicago School of Fusing May Birthday Bash

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Jane Sassaman and Laura Wasilowski So if you were unaware, the majority of the Chicago School of Fusing were all born in May. So this means once a year we have to get together for a party to celebrate and it includes many of the top stars of the art quilting world who live in [...]


Painted ipad Bag

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I have been wanting to buy a case for my ‘new’ ipad, but have held off because I read the ipad 2 cases didn’t work with the new ipads because they moved the magnet that puts it in sleep mode when you close the cover and there aren’t that many options in covers for the [...]


It’s all about me today (lol)

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I’ve been featured on the Dinner@8 blog for the upcoming Rituals exhibit. Tweet


Happy Cinco De Mayo! May Tutorial Blog Hop Continues

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April 30 – Tracie Lynn Huskamp A Stenciled &Stitched Special Occasion Greeting Card May 1 - Traci Bunkers Gelatin Plate Printing on Fabric May 2 - Lisa Engelbrecht Script Lettering/Tattoo style using Sakura Calligrapher Pens May 3 – Judy Coates Perez How Can You Resist Such a Simple Technique? May 4 - Melanie Testa A Thimble Purse Pattern [...]


A Simple Resist Technique with Acrylic Inks

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One fun little technique I found works great with acrylic inks (this would also work with Tsukineko inks) is to draw on fabric with a colored pencil or china marker and paint over it like a simple resist. Kind of like in grammar school when you colored with crayons and painted india ink over the [...]


Would you like to buy a thermofax screen designed by me?

Lynn Krawczykof Fibra Artysta, you may also know her as the thermofax queen, invited a few of her fellow creative friends to design a thermofax screen to sell in her Etsy Shop. The screen I designed goes on sale today and with a nod to Cinco de Mayo, I present you with Florabunda. The image on [...]