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Goldenrod

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:29:31 +0000

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

Arrange This: Rustic Floral Centerpiece

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:27:34 +0000

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

Shield

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:18:54 +0000

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! Giveaway!

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:13:49 +0000

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!

Make This: Re-vamped Cupcake Stand

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:53:48 +0000

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 This little cutie began as an outdated holiday themed cookie stand and a cotton print thrift store skirt.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

dyeing with hawberry and apple bark

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:27:14 +0000

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

natural dyeing with april

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:51:27 +0000

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

Seattle Friends – come see me Friday August 13th!

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:50:29 +0000

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!

New Tattered Silk Flower Embellishments

admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:33:30 +0000

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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CHA – New Things From 3M & Post-it!

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:22:19 +0000

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!