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Community Quilt Bee Day One: Starting With Scraps

by jennifer September 7, 2008

by jennifer September 7, 2008

A beautiful thing happened last Tuesday night when more than two dozen women gathered before a pile of donated fabric for the first…
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A Community Quilt Bee

by jennifer August 28, 2008

by jennifer August 28, 2008

I’ve had three boxes of fabric piled up in my dining room for weeks now. It’s been sitting there urging me to do…

3 days ago by craftsanity I think I’m done with this wonky weave now. I stitched it to backing fabric and created a gallery wrap by stretching it around a wooden frame (in this case one of my potholder loom seconds). #tapestryweaving #art #fiberart #mlh #weaving #weaver #weaving #art #tapestry #dyedyarn #naturallydyedyarn
3 days ago by craftsanity Morning stitches. I’ve settled into a pattern where I embroider in the parking lot of my gym after I drop my daughter off at school. I usually have about 20 minutes to burn before my group fitness class starts. That’s enough time to chip away at stitching the samplers and prints that I carry everywhere I go. Embroidery is my mental yoga. I just love it! #craftsanitysamplers #stitch #stitching #embroidery #fiberart #handprinted #art #craftsanity #printmaker #embroider #frenchknots #stitchedprints #thread #slowstitches #cool #embroiderysampler #moreofthisplease #travelcraft )
2 days ago by craftsanity Stable Genius” postcard edition. I’ve decided to carve this block again in postcard size for an upcoming print exchange. I think I’m finally ready to send this silly two-block design out into our crazytown world. #stablegenius #lino #printmaking #printer #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #postcard #printexchange #reliefconspiracy @scottminzy
2 days ago by craftsanity Postcard test prints forthcoming after I sleep. #stablegenius #lino #printmaking #printer #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #postcard #printexchange #art #thatswhathesaid #whatthe #ohokay #sucharelief #notworried #everythingisawesome #positiveselftalk #wow #reliefconspiracy @scottminzy
1 day ago by craftsanity I’m learning a lot from this print run. I’m most comfortable printing on fabric, so printing on paper remains a bugger for me. I have a whole pile of misprints in the front and 16 usable prints in the background. (Each one goes through the press twice.) I have to cut more paper and try to squeak out 9 more solid prints. I think I’m going to color in the clothes and hair with watercolors or marker. I used colored pencil on the misprint sample in the front, but I’m thinking that I can do better. This is a great

Mary Dunneback

Community Quilt Bee Day One: Starting With Scraps

A Community Quilt Bee