Plant dyed wool fabric. From the top: chokecherry,chokecherry,goldenrod,black berry,black berry, hawberry,hawberry with copper mordant (the dark one), chokecherry, chokecherry, apple bark,apple leaves,apple bark April harvested goldenrod when she was here on Manitoulin in August and followed a recipe in Jackie Crook’s book, Natural Dyeing. The recipe involves heat

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Goldenrod

Arrange This: Rustic Floral Centerpiece Create a floral centerpiece that lends an elegant touch to a rustic container. For this arrangement a cork and plastic pot made to look like tree trunk was perfect for the rustic elegance vibe. Supplies: Floral container Floral foam for fresh flowers (not the dried and artificial flower foam) Large bloomed flowers, such as hydrangeas Stalk flowers, such as delphiniums Other delicate accent flowers, such as Queen Anne’s lace Steps: 1

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Arrange This: Rustic Floral Centerpiece

There was a Perivale Gallery envelope in the stack of mail that built up while we were away earlier this month. A Shield For My Open Heart sold in July. Shiela told me that a thin black-wearing art teacher from Mississauga purchased it.

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Shield

Bow Wow WOW! (click the link to see inside the book at Barnes and Noble) Here is a giveaway for all you love to dress your pups in Halloween costumes ! Oct 31st will be here before we know it and the time to get stitching is soon. I’ll be giving away a few copies during September and October so if you don’t win the first time check back for future giveaways! How do you enter

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Bow Wow WOW! Giveaway!

Designed for Plaid! This little cutie began as an outdated holiday themed cookie stand and a cotton print thrift store skirt. Before I began the revamp, I washed the skirt and scrubbed the cookie stand clean

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Make This: Re-vamped Cupcake Stand

naturally dyed fabrics after rinsing. hawthorne on the left, apple on right apple branches In early June I pruned wild crab apple branches and wild hawthorne branches that grow along the side of my road. hawthorne branches I stripped the apple leaves before chopping the branches up small and covering them with water.

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dyeing with hawberry and apple bark

oxidizing indigo on the grass indigo dipping squishing frozen chokecherries to release their colour pre-mordanted fabrics in chokecherry colours. This past week our youngest processed the chokecherries she picked at the cottage, and then did a bunch of indigo dyeing for a quilt she is making. She has so much energy, is so eager to learn and practice, it seems that she has caught the art bug and I am happy for her

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natural dyeing with april

Friday – August 13 12:15 – 1:00 Century Ballroom 915 East Pine Street Seattle, WA 98122-3849 www.centuryballroom.com Oh how I love Seattle and I couldn’t be more thrilled and proud to be speaking with lots of creative and entrepreneurial minded friends and colleagues at The Creative Conference of Entrepreneurs .

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Seattle Friends – come see me Friday August 13th!

Tattered Fabric Silk Flowers I am so excited about one of my new items at my etsy shop . These stunning silk flowers can be used to embellish altered fashions, making accessories or home decorating.

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New Tattered Silk Flower Embellishments

I love crafting with office supplies and the fine folks over at 3m/post-it have some up with some amazing new post-it paper! This is stuff is so fun and can be crafted in hundred of ways. Click here to visit 3M.

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CHA – New Things From 3M & Post-it!

It’s the sweetest treat on a hot summer afternoon- homemade peach ice cream. Grab a spoon and dig in! Supplies: Ice cream maker Blender Hand mixer 3 cups sliced peaches 1 ½ cup sugar juice from one lemon 1 ¼ cups whole milk 2 ¾ cup whipping cream 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla Steps: 1. Mix the peaches, ½ cup of the sugar, and lemon in a bowl

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Make This: homemade peach ice cream

stitch resist with indigo dyed cotton , stitched again with white cotton Michelle Walker has written an excellent research paper about Japanese Sashiko Textiles that accompanies the exhibit currently touring the UK.

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stitching on stitching

the middle bedroom, ‘family life’ quilt made in 1990 from children’s clothes, bear’s paw pattern the day bed, bed coverings from Nigeria, note the beautiful vintage wool rag rug front bedroom, star quilt made in 1985 from dress fabrics the back bedroom and bunk bed, the top quilt from about 1986 is a machine flip and stitched log cabin, the bottom quilt is called “summertime dream” (1984) and has some of my first painted and dyed fabric. Last weekend I made six beds up, stripped ours (not shown) and found the cot and the crib

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Beds at cottage

CHA in Chicago was awesome fun! I'll have a recap of cool new products and ideas very soon. In the meantime – it is a glass of merlot at O'Hare, a few more chapters in my book and some zzzz on the plane.

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Heading home.

Using my Tattered Rose Tutoria l, create 3 large flowers. Add chunky vintage style gems to the center. Sew or fabric glue to a scarf

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Make This: Hot Glue and Tattered Rose Scarf & PIn

Coat a piece of lace with Mod Podge. Position the lace over the top of a locket. (the lace should be slightly larger than the locket) Once dry, trim the edges of the lace to match the edges of the locket

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Make This: Hot Glue and Mod Podge Locket

Using Hot Glue Gen Helper Tweezers, hot glue gems around the top of a pair of hairsticks! (HGGH Tools are shipping soon!) Mod Podge a piece of decorative paper to the top of a flat ring.

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Make This: Hot Glue and Hairsticks and Gem Ring

Using my Tattered Rose Tutorial, make 2 large roses. Add tattered sheer fabric and a gem to the center.

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Make This: Hot Glue and Tattered Rose Fedora and Glasses

This cute line of papers and scrapbook goodies is just too cute to pass up!!! They are by My Little Shoe Box ! The colors were all perfect. Just looking at them – my head was racing thinking about all the projects I could do with them and Mod Podge.

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Cute papers – My Little Shoe Box

Come see Steve and me at CHA on July 27th and 28th! We will be in the Plaid booth showcasing our new tools! (i heard there is a free give-away!!!) Tues – 10:00 – 6:00 – Plaid Booth Wed – 9:00 – 5:00 – Plaid Booth Wanna learn more about our tools??

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CHA or Bust! Come see us in the Plaid Booth!