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What are your favorite color combinations for quilt art and surface design ? I particularly love the combination of hot pink with orange and turquoise. Or red, yellow, and orange together. And then there are the sun-washed combinations of yellow, blue, and green. Two sets of 'recognizable pures.'...
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The colors we're attracted to-the hues we use in our artwork, in our wardrobe selection, and our home décor-tell a story about us. What's your Color Story? Find out in this hour-long webinar, Putting Color into Play with Thermofax Screen Printing featuring Lynn Krawczyk, June 20, 2013...
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One of my favorite parts of the holidays is wrapping all the presents. I spend all year collecting pretty papers, gorgeous ribbons, and fun embellishments to make my gifts even more special. I used surface design techniques with felt to create this decorative gift tags. Make your own and send them to...
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Now that the sun is shining in New England and summer is nearly officially here, I'm feeling the tug of nature and the need to try a new outdoor fiber art project. Although I've experimented with sun printing and dyeing techniques , there are many variations that I haven't tried. I am especially...
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Printing on fabric is one of the easiest ways to create your own unique textiles. In our free eBook, Techniques For Printing on Fabric: Free Tutorials for DIY Screen Printing, Monoprinting and More , you'll learn how to make a silk screen, how to screen print, gelatin and collograph monoprinting...
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I've always found quilters to be a generous bunch, always ready to share a technique or some fabric from their stash. Quilting instruction, surface design techniques, or even spinning or mixed media: the choice is yours on Craft Daily. But, I'd hesitate to call any but my best quilting buddies...
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When you make a quilt, at some point you will have to consider the quilt binding . You may opt for an elaborate binding that makes an impact on the overall design, a simple and subtle binding, or no binding at all. When binding a small quilt, such as a postcard, it's usually best to keep it simple...
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Treat your mom (yourself, or a friend) this Mother's Day! What quilting supplies do you wish for? Fill out her crafting WISH LIST with up to $50 worth of product from the Quilting Daily Shop . We'll pick one lucky winner to receive everything on their list! Winner selected May 7. Choose from...
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Last year about this time, I was inspired by a group dyeing adventure at the Interweave offices to host my own dyeing party at home . An invitation to dye. Ranging in age from 13 to 70-something, our band of seven women--most of whom had never tried textile dyeing before--dyed silk and rayon scarves...
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Nothing finishes off a beautifully wrapped present like an artful gift tag. A unique tag can express your creativity and show your affection for the gift's recipient. A gift tag even makes a clever ornament after it serves its first purpose. We invite you to make a fiber art gift tag for this year's...
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Whenever a new batch of commercial fabric samples arrives in our offices, everyone gathers around to ooh, aah, and dream about how they would use this or that pattern to make a quilt, bag, accessory, or baby item. I'm always first in line to see what's new, hungrily eyeing every stack of new...
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While Vivika is on medical leave, we're revisiting some of her most popular posts and guest bloggers are pitching in, too. Today, we're featuring this post on how Barb Forrister creates lifelike flowers with machine embroidery techniques. ~The Quilting Daily Team Flowers created with machine...
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10 Apr 2013
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Last year when Pantone announced its Color of the Year — Tangerine Tango — I was a fan. I like cheerful, sunny colors, and this one hit the spot for me. I could see using it in different modes, from fabric to embroidery to surface design techniques . The blues and golds of the batik fabric...
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Usually when we hear the word shibori, we think of dyeing . Shibori dyeing come from the Japanese term for several methods of resist dyeing using binding or tying, stitching, folding, twisting, compressing it, or capping to create patterns. 'Fall Birch Scene' (detail) by Holly McLean. Shibori...
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Are you thinking of turning your art into a business? Do you have an art business but aren't sure how to spread the word? Do you want to use social media to promote you art, but aren't sure how to go about it? Jane Dávila Join us March 27, 2013, when cyber-savvy fiber artist and successful...