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Category Archives: Surface Design
Fun with Foils
Like many of you, I belong to some textile groups that would normally meet in person but this year have needed to find alternative ways to work together. One such group is the Farnborough Embroiderer’s Guild (EG). This EG group … Continue reading
Some Stitching, Some Felting and Some Growing Babies
I am slowly adding some stitching to the needle books. I did a small sheep book. It is about 2 x 3 3/4inches or 5 x 9.5 cm closed. And a larger one,4 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches or 11 … Continue reading
Some works in progress
Sorry to say I forgot it was my turn to blog today. It has been a hectic week with our last Farmers’ Market on the 12th. We make twice as much on the last day. However, I did manage to … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Nuno Felting, resists, Surface Design, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged felt hats, nuno felt scarves
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Fabric Collage Landscape Part 1
I was inspired by Antje’s post recently about creating a fabric landscape. I have had this on my list of things I wanted to do for a long time. So thanks Antje, for giving me the push to get it … Continue reading
Sublimation printing with Dawn Dupree
This is a guest post by Kim Winter of Flextiles. A couple of weeks ago I went on a sublimation printing workshop with Dawn Dupree, a well-established textile printer based in south London near me. She specialises in multilayered collage, … Continue reading
Posted in Dyeing, Guest Artists, Surface Design, workshops
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Deconstructed Screen Printing
This is a guest post by Deb Stika, thanks Deb! Hi, my name is Deb Stika and I’m a member of Ruth Lane’s art group. Our group meets monthly and once annually for a 2 day retreat on Bitteroot Lake … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Artists, Surface Design
Tagged deconstructed screen printing, fiber art retreat
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Felted Scissor Cases Continued.
A while back I did a post about making scissor cases. scissor case post I made a prototype and everyone liked them when I showed them around. I ordered more scissors and last week I made some more. The scissors … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Nuno Felting, Surface Design, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged felt cases, scissor casses
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Learning curves – Part 1
In the last few months I’ve attended two felting workshops tutored by happy feltmakers who have been very generous with sharing their experiences and knowledge. The first by Jenny Pepper was titled Decorative felt Surfaces (I had no idea what … Continue reading
Posted in felt art, Guest Writer, Surface Design, Wet Felting
Tagged Jenny Pepper, wet felting with embellishments
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Going Batty
Last week you saw Jan post about the spin in Wheels on Fire. LINK It was lots of fun and I bought a lovely batt from Judy Kavanagh etsy.com/ca/shop/JudyKavanagh I loved the colours and it made me think of a wild landscape. … Continue reading
Posted in Fairs and Shows, Inspiration, Spinning, Surface Design, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged art bat, art batts, felting batts
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Heart Cards
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you who celebrate it. I have been working on creating some simple heart cards from felt and fabric in my pursuit of “using stuff up”. My stash includes hoards of printed felt and fabric. … Continue reading
