Tag: Paint
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“Message From the Sun” Quilt
The theme challenge for the Portland Modern Quilt Guild’s Improv Group in August was sun/sunshine. I wasn’t really sure where this was headed but wanted to work in surface design and Tyvek. The pile of materials, pictured above, shows the materials with which I started. After sewing and melting and sewing, I created a Message…
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Improvisational Surface Design
Very rarely do I abandon other projects to work on something new. Recently, an opportunity presented itself that caused me to work on something unexpected. This recently happened because of a challenge posed by the Improv group of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild. The July prompt was ‘Surface Design’. My piece incorporated both improvisational quilting…
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Elizabeth Craft Designs: Getting Started With Planners Part One
Elizabeth Craft Designs Planners This will be a two-part post because there is a lot of information to cover! This first post will mainly focus on the A5 standard slim planner. In addition to discussing Elizabeth Craft Designs and getting started with planners, the posts will cover what is needed, what are compatible companies, and so…
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Creative Watercolor Media Card Made with Re-inkers
Creating a Watercolor Card with Re-inkers The latest AECP class that I completed is the Creative Watercolor Media course in Level 2. There are many different ways to achieve a watercolor effect. Watercolors come in many forms: liquid, pan, pencil, crayon, dots, tubes, and sticks. However, this class is all about using ink with water…
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Dylusions Dyalog Journal
Decorated Dylusions Dyalog Cover – No Limits Looking for the lemonade Sometimes life provides you with enough lemons to make lemonade. All of my art journals were damaged when our rented storage unit leaked while parked on our driveway this winter. It was a bummer. I have been collecting quotes for decades. These were stored…
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Painting on Fabric Using Pigment Powder
Lately, I have been working with fabric. It has provided a great outlet for me to play with my stash by dyeing, painting, quilting, incorporating surface design techniques, and anything else which I can think up. Today, I decided to try using Colourarte’s Primary Elements pigment powder to paint on some fabric that I had…
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Creative Roundup – Lots of Photographs
For lack of a better post title, the following is some of what I have been doing the last few months. Dyeing scarves Chenilled a puppy quilt from hand dyed flannel The puppy quilt was for the little fellow pictured below. We got him from a rescue and he turned out to be sick. I…
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