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Every little thing equals progress from Sew Sunshine

I made 5 mini quilts! Yes I did...slow and steady like. These came about because my BEE mate Jen asked for quilted cards. I loved this idea though thought it would be daunting to make something so small.

I am only supposed to tackle sewing projects in little bits of time, mainly because the posture (as you all know) in sewing can be very muscle fatiguing.

I would guess about 5 minutes at a time I worked my way through the minis. They are all about 4.25" x 5ish"

Of course I had a black and white theme ...

added by Kris 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under 5 minute sewing , bee blocks , holidays , inktense , mini quilts , sewing machine sketching , surface design

Sarah’s Machine Quilting Forum II video–ends Dec. 12 from Art and Quilting in Camden

Now Registered participants ONLY can SEE it … CLEARLY!

If you were enrolled in the Virtual Quilt Festival’s second Machine Quilting Forum on Saturday, you know there were serious transmission issues with my presentation that made the video just yucky. TOTAL BUMMERS, but now TOTAL JOY! Thanks to the hard working folks in the Education Department (who should have been taking today off) you can SEE the video through December 12th. After that, like Cinderella’s pumpkin, it disappears. To access it, follow the following steps:

Registered participants ONLY can follow these instructions –

—Go to My Schedule (be sure to ...

added by Sarah Ann Smith 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under #artistauthorquilterteacher , #learnwithsarah , #sarahannsmith , #threadcoloring , #virtualquiltfestival , #virtualquiltfestival2020 , art quilting , classes , color , creativity , international quilt festival , quilt shows , surface design , teaching , thermofax , thread , thread-coloring , threadwork unraveled , tools of the trade (Comments)

mini design explorations from Karen Ann Ruane

mini design explorations, embroidery.

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added by karen ruane 2 months ago. under alchemy 2020 , design , design sheet , embroidery , surface design

a small design collection from Karen Ann Ruane

a small embroidered design collection

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added by karen ruane 2 months ago. under design , embroidery , gingham , online learning , samples , surface design

lace and pattern, extending design from Karen Ann Ruane

lace and pattern, extending design

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added by karen ruane 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under design , embroidery , lace , lace cloth , ledger , paper , pattern , surface design

design sheets from Karen Ann Ruane

embroidery, design sheets

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added by karen ruane 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under alchemy 2020 , design , design sheets , embroidery , online learning , surface design

exploring lace, interpretation 2. from Karen Ann Ruane

lace as a focus for design

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added by karen ruane 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under alchemy 2020 , design , lace , lace cloth , online learning , surface design

exploring lace, interpretation..... from Karen Ann Ruane

exploring lace, interpretation...

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added by karen ruane 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under alchemy 2020 , lace , lace cloth , online learning , surface design

getting the cogs turning from Karen Ann Ruane

playing around with surface design

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added by karen ruane 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under artist books , august 2020 lace cloth , embroidery , lace cloth , online learning , surface design

Cinderella from Karen Ann Ruane

beaded and embroidered artist book

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added by karen ruane 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under artist book , artist books , beads , embroidery , surface design

An embroiderers cloth from Karen Ann Ruane

a hand embroidered wrapping cloth

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added by karen ruane 5 months, 4 weeks ago. under an embroiderers cloth , embroidery , online learning , surface design , wrapping cloth

Screen Printed Garments! from Art and Quilting in Camden

My new Queen Anne’s Lace top. I screen printed my custom designs onto Cotton Couture solids (courtesy of Michael Miller Fabrics), this color is “Luna.”

In the summer of 2020 I saw **Print Pattern Sew** by Jen Hewitt somewhere online and ordered it immediately. It’s FAB! is available many places including Amazon . DO check out Jen’s site, here. Of course it took until April to start playing and until now to post. For the workshop and this post I wanted to use a pattern currently available that is similar to two vintage (circa mid 1980s) patterns that ...

added by Sarah Ann Smith 6 months, 1 week ago. under #artistauthorquilterteacher , #artquilts , #cottoncouture , #janomeamerica @janomesewingmachines , #janomeartisan , #janomegirl , #jenhewett , #maine , #makingitfun , #michaelmillerbrandambassador , #michaelmillerfabrics , #prochemicalanddye , #sarahannsmith , #sarahannsmithphotographer , #screenprinting , #surfacedesign , @janomeamerica , @jenhewett , @michaelmillerfabrics , @sarahannsmithq , art quilting , favorite products , fiber on a whim , garments , janome , michael miller fabrics , paint , sewing hints , surface design , techniques , thermofax (Comments)

progressing my little stitched notebook from Karen Ann Ruane

progressing my little embroidered notebook

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added by karen ruane 6 months, 1 week ago. under an embroiderers cloth , artist books , design , embroidered paper , notebook stitching , surface design

Messy Painted Canvas... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The tables are...set for FUN !

Messy Painted Canvas

Canvas / Duck Cloth

Inexpensive Acrylic Craft Paints

Found Objects for stamping

First Layer....Light paints.... rolled on

to create some background noise.

Second Layer....stamping with medium colors

with found objects.

Close Up View: Found Object Stamping

At this point, we have added several more layers

of darker paints and foam stamps:

The addition of the black and white paints

really makes the composition.....sing!

Completed Canvas

The final layer is adding detail

with black and white paint markers:

Linda using a white paint marker

5 Art Sisters each left with ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under painted canvas , surface design

Wood Stain Test from Quilt Paint Create

Some ideas just won’t go away, and painting fabric with wood stain is one of them.
I looked it up online to see if it had been done before. Most sites discouraged using stain on fabric because of the chemicals in the stain. Since the fabric won’t be used in clothing, I did it anyway.
I used two different stains, an oil based stain (brown) and a water based stain (cranberry). I painted with q-tips to avoid cleaning brushes.
stain test I started with the cranberry. It was a lot like painting with acrylic paint.
I moved on to the ...

added by quiltpaintcreate 7 months, 4 weeks ago. under creative play , fabric painting , fabricpainting , surface design (Comments)

pieces for the next page from Karen Ann Ruane

gathering embroidery for my stitched notebook

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added by karen ruane 8 months ago. under an embroiderers cloth , artist books , notebook stitching , surface design

recording design from Karen Ann Ruane

recording design, a stitched sketchbook

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added by karen ruane 8 months ago. under an embroiderers cloth , artist books , design , notebook stitching , online learning , recording design , surface design

revisiting my 'happy cloth'. from Karen Ann Ruane

hand embroidered wrapping cloth

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added by karen ruane 8 months, 1 week ago. under embroidery , hand stitch , surface design , wrapping cloth

progressing my little design notebook. from Karen Ann Ruane

a little stitched notebook of embroidery design

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added by karen ruane 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under artist books , design , design notebook , embroidery , embroidery design , notebook stitching , surface design

making decisions from Karen Ann Ruane

embroidered pages for a little design notebook

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added by karen ruane 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under an embroiderers cloth , artist book , artist books , design , notebook stitching , surface design , video

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