Freezer paper is a fun tool to have in your sewing room. The following tutorial utilizes freezer paper in the applique process to help your designs lie flatter.
Step one: Buy some freezer paper. Available at my local grocery store in one size–gigantic. I’m sure I’ll have this box around for a few years, at least it was cheap.
Step two: [...]
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Today I finished up a few drawings that had been laying around for months. I put these two up in my Etsy shop today. I am still adjusting to being back from CO and can’t seem to start working on any big projects yet.
“Salmon Run”: 3 1/2 “X 2 1/2″ ACEO illustration in ink, watercolor and [...]
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“Rabbit rabbit white rabbit” is a common superstition, held particularly among children. The most common modern version states that a person should say “rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit” upon waking on the first day of each new month, and on doing so will receive good luck for the remainder of that month.”
—from Wikipedia
The Thief an [...]
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…as in making scarves. Here is a little toddler one I made from a recycled sweater. I made the button out of polymer clay. My sweet and helpful model, Mogs:
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It has taken many tries, but I am finally happy with my Etsy banner. I am picky I guess. I found that I could edit and fool around with my photos through Flickr and add text–much better than my Kodak software. Yeah Flickr!
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This scarf sat on the back burner for quite awhile. I had pieced the top together and finished one of the hand embroidered swallows, but wasn’t feeling too inspired to finish. Then I had a flash yesterday morning to make the ends of the scarf into swallow tails! I think it turned out pretty well. [...]
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We have a serious problem in our house with the stat checking. Since Tony and I both have blogs and I have an Etsy shop, we are checking things all the ding-dong day. Well, this evening I happened to check my stats for the 10th time today (why, oh, why do I waste energy on [...]
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I made an Etsy Treasury of sellers who do hand-embroidery…
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I finally was able to score a treasury on Etsy. This is the list I composed of my local Etsian sellers’ work. Treasuries are a nice way of promoting those Etsy shops that you like. The treasury has over 300 lists and they are ranked by popularity. Naming and adding subtitles can get pretty competitive and wacky.
Mine is called [...]
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Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Making Crafts!, My Art Projects, Ye Olde Etsy Shoppe, You Must Be Kidding!, tagged art, art quilt, embroidery, etsyFAST, Ye Olde Etsy Shoppe on January 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I couldn’t stop myself from making another item for the EtsyFAST (Fiber Art Street Team) challenge. The theme was fire and since Valentine’s day is around the corner, I thought this would make a nice gift for those of us who are anti-chocolate. (I’m not anti-chocolate in a militant sense, more of an avoidance since [...]
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