In 2019, I dove into making Stitch Meditations, inspired by Liz Kettle. Stitch Meditations are small, 4x4 inch, hand-sewn squares that can help you to slow down & be present.
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It was the day after Christmas. I was looking for something lightweight, but long sleeve, to wear outside while enjoying a fire Steven was making in the chimenea.
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Hello! I’ve been working on my website and have added a couple of new pages, plus I updated some pages
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The 100th block for this quilt was completed on July 15th, 2020 as part of the 100 project I did on Instagram with Frieda Oxenham. But, adding a border of fabric
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I’m noticing a pattern - so far, I’m not able to tick off all the things I want to accomplish, every week
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I like participating in my own creative art swaps. It’s fun, it gives me a deadline and
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If you have seen some of the Stitch meditation pieces I’ve been making since October 2019 and you might like to try it, our Stitchie Swap would be great. You just need to make THREE - 4” x 4” fabric squares - receive 3 in return
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Whoo Hoo! I am so happy I was asked to be a Guest Designer for the StencilGirl Talk Blog, February 17, 2016. When I started thinking about what to do, I felt inspired to work with fabric . . . .
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I have owned the Setacolor light sensitive fabric paints for some time, but had never got them out and tried them. Then, fortunately I was inspired by Gunnel Svensson and the sun printing she did recently. When I saw her pieces, I said "I'm going to do that!" . . .
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For this small ATC I wanted to use one of Frieda's favorite colours, yellow. I reached for a piece of "fabric paper" that I created two years ago..
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My dear friend Frieda is hosting a Vintage Lace ATC swap.
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I had recently found an old fishing net while walking on the beach and had lots of ideas for the Ocean ATC swap…
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For this fabric-paper collage I followed Frieda’s process of rubber stamping a background, layering collage papers, adding thin layers of paper napkins and tissue paper and lastly, adding color to the fabric with paint.
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I stitched the fabric image to a piece of hand painted fabric from my peace banner project. I made lots of extra painted fabric when i did that project, much to my delight now. I gathered the olive green velvet leaves and arranged them around the image…
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I am participating in a cooperative project involving 18 artists from around the globe, hosted by Carol Murphy of Altered by design. Each artist in the collaboration is creating 18 flags/pennants to swap.
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The ATCs were all made by simply gluing fabric around a thin piece of 2.5" x 3.5" cardstock…
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On our way home is the theme that Marion Bockelmann chose when she won the "garden party" lotto on the ARTchix Studio yahoo group last week.
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For her gift I took vintage lace and paired it with a soft burlap type fabric, to frame a silky piece of fabric which backed an ARTchixStudio image (and words) and a piece of floral/bird fabric I had that I thought Linda would like…
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I started by simply choosing bright batik fabrics I imagined Frieda would like, as she has mentioned her love of bright fabrics. I ripped out a 12" x 12" section of two different pink & purple fabrics. Then I got the idea of doing something related to her garden…
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Forest Green & Rust is the color combination for the June ATCs I made for Colour Groupies…
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