Diannajessie

Fabric Dyeing Fun

diannajessie — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:05:32 +0000

I haven’t had my sewing machine out for more than a month and I do miss it, instead to keep me in touch with something crafty I’ve been doing a bit of dyeing, experimenting with different hues of the same colour….

It’s been fun, more to follow soon and then perhaps a little sewing time too:)

Dianna

{BORROWED POST} How to dye 100% Cotton (volpelife.wordpress.com)

It’s been some time but…

diannajessie — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:48:07 +0000

Life got so busy of late, there has been so much on my ‘to do list that’ the thing I love to do in spare moments had to be pushed to the side for a while.

I have however made some bags,

and found a whole lot of this white cotton just dying to be dyed…

More on the outcomes of that soon, I think, unless that life thing distracts me again,

‘Till then,

Dianna

A New Day, a New Bag

diannajessie — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:57:32 +0000

I made a new bag today, with some upholstery fabric, of which I have loads. The only other bags I’ve made using this fabric have been backpacks so it was really good to make something that was smaller and easily finished in half a day. I love the colours of this fabric, there is such a range to choose from. The chunkyness of it, although it frays easily and it takes a bit of steam and stitching to sit the seams flat, it does make up really beautifully.

I want to get making some more bags of different shapes and sizes over the next week or so for a possible business proposition….wish me luck:) More to be shared on that soon.

Thanks for coming over.

Dianna

Design Wall Monday – playing some more

diannajessie — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:44:27 +0000

I got a bit hooked on making these wonky oval shapes and now have four

They were fun to make, now I just need to figure out how to connect them and what to make…what do you think I should do?

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your week:)

Linking with ‘Design Wall Monday’ with Judy @ Patchwork Times

Dianna

About Texture

diannajessie — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:52:43 +0000

A walk round Gunnersbury Park

A look in Jean Wells Book

Photo Courtesy of Amazon.co.uk

and I’m inspired all over again.

Dianna

Playing

diannajessie — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:17:09 +0000

Hopefully tomorrow I can play some more;)

Dianna

Fused Wall Art Collage

diannajessie — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:38:52 +0000

I finished of my little piece of fused ‘art collage’ it measures roughly 10″ by 12″. I really like the idea of mounting these pieces on small frames. So that’s what I did….

The interfacing I used was thicker than what Bethan Ash suggested – purely because I miss ordered some fleece fusible medium weight instead of interfacing. It was great to quilt, but tricky to get perfect corners around the frame.

Enjoy your weekend.

Linking with Nina @ Off the Wall Friday’s, do go and see what others are up to.

Dianna

Design Wall Monday – Fun Fusing With Scraps

diannajessie — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:45:54 +0000

I’ve been busy creating a small piece inspired by Bethan Ash’s book on Vibrant Quilt Collage.

It still needs a bit of work. I fused these scraps from past projects.

Bethan Ash suggests mounting these small pieces on a frame. I love this idea:)

Just need to add some more shapes, quilt it and find a frame.

‘Till then.

Linking with Design Wall Monday @ Judy from Patchwork Times

Dianna

Judy Coates Perez – Creative Alchemist

diannajessie — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:07:56 +0000

Quilting done…

I’ve been talking to my mum about how to finish my challenge quilt. One of the ways she suggested was to have no binding to distract from the quilt itself. It seems that quite a few art quilters are using a way of creating a borderless quilt. Mum suggested Judy Coates Perez, until now I had not heard of her, but do look at her blog and work it is stunning. I also found that Brenda Gael Smith has a tutorial on a faced quilt and Melody Johnson for a pillow slip method.

So I’ve got a bit to think about.

Hope you are all enjoying a good long weekend.

Dianna

Latitudequilts (opted out) (gurligregersen.com)
Art Quilt Completed (thescroobiouspip.com)

Oh to Have a Library…

diannajessie — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:19:51 +0000

I keep on finding some books that I would love to add to my ever growing library… the first, mentioned to me when I first started talking about dyeing my own fabric was this one -

Linda Johansen’s Fabric Dyer’s Dictionary

Photo Courtesy of amazon.co.uk

The next is me dreaming of studio space and a place to start surface designs on fabric – this was further fuelled when facing the need to add writing to my challenge quilt over here. It’s a messy business, I believe, but one which is ever drawing me closer.

Printing By Hand: A Modern Guide with Handmade Stamps, Stencils and Silk Screens by Lena Corwin

Photo courtesy of amazon.co.uk

Happy weekend,

Dianna

Studying the Great Artist Ted Harrison…Introducing Young Children to one of Canada’s Most Famous Artists (mysmallpotatoes.com)
last silk screen class for now (timetobeinspired.ca)
Make Your Own Stencils – Day Dreamer (shoestringscrapbooking.typepad.com)
silk screen study (timetobeinspired.wordpress.com)
Stencil Round-Up (rondapalazzari.typepad.com)
still so much to learn about silk screening! (timetobeinspired.wordpress.com)

Diannajessie

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