I love to know how to make things. It is one of the reasons that I make art.
I found this video on YouTube about Moda’s batik process.
I realize why there are no USA manufacuter’s of fabric any more.
It makes me appreciate the cost of fabric.
Making batiks from MODA fabrics
Will we see you in Houston? Laura and I will be at our booth #1739 - on the main aisle somewhere - if you are a SAQA, SDA, PAQA member or graduate of the Chicago School of Fusing, or participant in the FiberBeatles or made a pet postcard——— or just want to feel happy…
What is your favorite color of fabric? We all have one. Mine varies from limey green Limey Avocado to purple Purple Pulp to orange All of which look great together and of course with other colors too. Sometimes it is a good idea to work with colors that we don’t normally work with. To stretch ourselves…
And the winner from last week’s guessing game of how much fabric was in my pile of red/fuschia fabric is DARLA. Darla send me your mailing address ([email protected]) so I can send you a yard of this fabulous fabric. YEA DARLA!! There is a SALE this weekend over at CRAFTSY. The biggest sale of the…
I will be teaching from my book Fabric to Dye For at the show in Long Beach. It is just two weeks away, the first week of August. It seems impossible that August is just two weeks away. Geez Louizze how time flies. The way I teach this class is exactly how I started dyeing fabric.…
I have just finished a fabulous three day workshop with Jan Myers-Newbury. I have loved her work for a very long time and I meet her while teaching in NC two years ago. I have wanted to take a class with her for a long time and finally was able to schedule it into my…
You can never have too many choices. As part of my Craftsy class I made the Home Sweet Home quilt out of several different fabric combinations. My original version was done in dark saturated colors so I thought it would be nice to do one in light sweet colors. You can order a fabric kit…
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Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Helen Keller Be happy and buy some new fabric. All fabrics on my website for the month of January are $20.13!!! Happy New Year to you.
I have a secret November special going on this month. With every order over $10 on my website you will receive a free fat quarter of batik fabric. Woo Woo!!FrieStyle Fabrics and Notions NewsletterI am ready for the Holidays. Are YOU? Do you need some quick gifts for that special person in your life? I…
Rather than Easter Eggs, let’s Dye Fabric. This is a fun class to take. It is based on my book Fabric to Dye For. So many people, I think would like to take a dyeing class but are afraid it will be messy. Let me show you how messy it isn’t. These clips from two…
I have three goals for myself as a quilter. 1. I want to someday make a Lone Star Quilt. I will get there, just not right now. I have thought about the color choices a lot already.I did do an eight pointed star in a few early quilt design. This is a pieced quilt called…
Color is like chocolate, you just have to have it. It’s one of the reason I enjoy hand dying my own fabrics, to get rich yummy color. I love working in COLOR, it always makes me happier, I don’t know about you but for me, living here in the mid-west where winter is long and…