Karen S., Author at Fabric Editions Blog

Fabric Elements – Framed and Displayed

Posted on October 21, 2015
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Here's a quick way to turn your mixed media pieces into wall art. As your collection of fabric experiments grows and you find your artistic voice, you may want to hang and display a favorite piece. You need to! Just do it! Blank canvas is…

Fun Projects

Fabric Elements – Stitch Doodling

Posted on September 25, 2015
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Friday Play Day is about "Stitch Doodling" but if you don't free motion quilt stay with us - mixed media is flexible. You can get almost the same look with embroidery or ink. You'll need a sewing machine that will drop the feed dogs and…

Inspiration

Fabric Elements – Peltex and Lutradur

Posted on September 23, 2015
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An introduction may be necessary for Peltex and Lutradur. These are two materials that a lot of scrapbookers, quilters and sewists don't have a personal relationship with - and you should! Once you use them in your mixed media art, you’ll find more ways to…

No-Sew Projects

Fabric Elements – Mixed Media Embroidery

Posted on September 18, 2015
by Karen S.
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Hello Friday – it’s Play Day! Let’s mix fabric, scrap booking and needlework today. The technique I'm exploring today, mixed media embroidery, can be found the Fabric Elements Techniques for Mixed Media book on page 7. For mixed media, I think Fabric Element’s Osnaburg is…

Inspiration

Fabric Elements – Fragile Fusion

Posted on September 11, 2015
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The weekend is here and it’s Friday Play Day! Last week I explored painting on fabric using some of Rebekah's techniques. This week, let’s explore the Fragile Fusion technique using one of the Fabric Elements kits. (You can watch Rebekah demonstrate this technique on our…

Inspiration

Fabric Elements – Painting on Fabric

Posted on September 3, 2015
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Fabric Elements puts in your hands a mix of fabric and paper to create art. Please take a few minutes to visit JoAnn’s and see the collection. The packaging is beautiful, covered with inspiration! This is Mixed Media – it mixes, you mix, media and…

Tips & Tricks

Quilt Blocks Tips For Finishing: Label

Posted on August 31, 2015
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There is one more finishing step that you just can't skip! Be sure to personalize your quilt with a label. Record important information - your name, date, where you are living, and the recipient's name or event you made the quilt for. Supplies QuiltBlocks Quarter…

Tips & Tricks

QuiltBlocks Tips for Finishing: Binding Part 2

Posted on August 17, 2015
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Your binding is made, your quilting completed, so let's trim the edges and sew the binding on! We're going to following the directions in the Setting Kit. There are many ways to bind a quilt, but today I'm going to stick with the instructions. First,…

Tips & Tricks

Quilt Blocks Tips for Finishing: Basting

Posted on August 13, 2015
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Basting is holding the backing, batting and quilt top together so it can be quilted. The first step is to find a large, flat area to spread out the backing right side down, next layer the batting on top, and finally the quilt top, right…

Tips & Tricks

QuiltBlock’s Garden Trellis Block One Tips & Tricks

Posted on August 5, 2015
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Have you started your Garden Trellis quilt yet? You may have noticed a slight change. The blocks are no longer numbered in order of difficulty, from easy to some experience needed. The blocks are now numbered in order of placement in the quilt, in this…