As I continue to clear out drawers and cupboards I’d like to thank everyone for stopping by, for commenting to enter the giveaways, and for helping me re-home some of my artistic pieces. I used to have a large paint/wet area in my studio, but my Mister decided to park the car in there and… Continue reading Hand Painted Fabric Giveaway
Category: painted fabric
Tree and Bark
This is a reminder that I’ll hold the random draw, then post the winner for my painted tree fabric in next weeks post. I wasn’t sure how hand embroidering would go but thanks to my hoop stand I was able to finish the piece I wrote about here. I used three strands of black floss… Continue reading Tree and Bark
Painted Tree Fabric Giveaway
I’m learning to use my hand and arm again but I had no idea it would be such a challenge. I’ve always said making art is my therapy but now it is literally my physical therapy! I enjoyed painting this tree fabric but I wasn’t sure what I would do with it so I decided… Continue reading Painted Tree Fabric Giveaway
Stamping Fabric
I’m happy to be out of my cast but recovery is going slowly with little arting going on. I have more drawer treasures to share, I only wish I could remember how I actually made many of the pieces I have rediscovered. These are pieces that have been stamped using leaves and other objects. I… Continue reading Stamping Fabric
Easy Additions
In the past when I presented live lectures to quilt guilds, one of the talks was about making the quilt more our own. We often use one main fabric to help select the other fabrics in a quilt, this is a twist on that. During my recovery ironing is not happening so please excuse any… Continue reading Easy Additions
Looking Up
I’m from a family of sky watchers. My parents lived just up the hill from where we live and my mom would often phone in the evenings, all she’d say was “sky alert!.” I would know that meant go upstairs and look out. My folks are gone but rarely do we miss a morning or… Continue reading Looking Up
Painted Fabric & Giveaway Winner
One reason my giveaways came about was because I discovered many things I made that had been stashed way. This fabric is a piece I discovered in the dig. I have no idea what I was thinking! The blue and the yellow look like one of my painted sky fabrics and I think I must… Continue reading Painted Fabric & Giveaway Winner
Coloring Fabric and Giveaway
Some of you know that I’m a quite a fan of Caran D’ Ache Neocolor II water-soluble wax pastels. If you’ve taken my leaf painting class you may already know how fun these wax pastels are to use on fabric. I have used them in some of my videos and lessons. Recently I played around… Continue reading Coloring Fabric and Giveaway
Painted Sky Fabric and Winners!
If you left a comment for the fabric and Oceanscape top giveaway, thank you! The winners are… Karen G. won the Woods fabric piece. Carol in AK won the Sky Over Oceanscape. Congratulations! Please email your mailing information to me at fiberdesignsbyann@gmail.com Below is my latest painted sky fabric. I’m editing the How-to paint this… Continue reading Painted Sky Fabric and Winners!
Painted Fabric Giveaways
I was hoping to share a new fabric painting video but just as I turned on my overhead lights to video the bulbs sizzled out and I had to leave the studio because of the noxious fumes. So here’s an oldie but, I think, a goodie. Read details below for fabric giveaway/sweepstakes. I plan to… Continue reading Painted Fabric Giveaways