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applique, Fiber art, How to, wool - November 21, 2015

How to finish your wool project

I just was asked a question about how to finish off the project after you are done sewing all of the lovely pieces of wool to the background. Do you put batting in? Do you fuse it? Do you back it? Here's what I do (not that it is written in stone). All of the above... but not necessarily all together! If I am creating a small 6" x 10" hanging that I plan on dangling from one of those adorable Ackfeld Wire hangers I take some flannel or homespun and fuse it to the back of my project....

New Wool Cutwork

Brenda Jeschke is my hero!! I've been learning to digitize and she has helped me TREMENDOUSLY! She is so knowledgeable about machine embroidery and has helped me avoid so many errors and problems in the new designs I am creating. Here's why I decided to learn digitizing... So many of us just want to do the fun embellishing part of wool. Well, that's not entirely true. I like to do the work by hand as well... but sometimes I just want to get started adding beads, different threads, and ribbons. Not to mention that I have this beautiful machine that...

Adding dimension (shadows) to your coloring...

Adding shadows first to the artwork you are coloring will definitely make your images pop, have dimension, and make you feel gloriously creative!

First Post - Preparing to color your fabric

I'm so excited!!! I finished the basics of the new website and it is up and running. I'll be adding content to it regularly: patterns, instructions, resources and videos. Stay connected by signing up to the RSS feed to hear about the news right away. Interest in painting on fabric has been growing for years. I started teaching this subject around 2000. I thought I'd share the method I devised for having control of fabric inks to give you more success when painting defined images. There is nothing worse than uncontrolled bleeding or ending up with a...

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How to finish your wool project

New Wool Cutwork

Adding dimension (shadows) to your coloring...

First Post - Preparing to color your fabric

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