I had interesting conversations with two friends during the past week. In the first conversation, one friend said some of the art quilters she knew were dead set against using “techie” helpers (even things like Thermofax screens) for making art. Essentially, the argument was we (those of us embracing a new tool) were somehow cheating […]
Silhouette Glossy Vinyl for Fabric Art
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about vinyl as the Silhouette for Fabric Art course gets underway. What works? What doesn’t? To answer these questions, let’s take a look at the new Silhouette Glossy Vinyl and answer the all important question, “Will it work for fabric art?” [Tweet "Do the Silhouette brand vinyls work [...]
Silhouette for Traditional Quilters?
Joan Ford of Hummingbird Highway is one of my quilty business friends. (That's Peaches perched on her shoulder...) You probably know Joan from her Scrap Therapy books and all things scrappy. Joan lives on the traditional end of the quilting world, and I live over on the art quilting end of the spectrum. None the less, [...]
Renegade Stenciling At A Birthday Bash
As much as I love playing in my studio, I’m still a kid that likes to play with my friends. Last weekend, I headed down to the Twin Cities for a bit of Renegade Stenciling with my sister Sharon. Shelly Stokes with sister Sharon Richardson We’re celebrating Sharon’s 4th Bonus Year this week. [...]
Add Zip To Your Zippers With Custom Vinyl Stencils
Several weeks ago, I was working on my Urban Computer Satchel. After I added the facing strips to the zipper on the front of the bag, Art Brain called a time-out and tossed the whole thing squarely into Project Purgatory. She (Art Brain) was Not Happy with those little facing strips! To rescue a project […]
Silhouette Fabric Test – Part 2
In Part 1 of my Silhouette Fabric Test, we talked about stabilizing fabric for cutting without adding stiffness to the fabric. Today, we’ll look at fusible stabilizers and then compare the options. Fusible web is a great stabilizer for cutting fabric with a Silhouette. Click To Tweet The next step in my fabric cutting test […]
Silhouette Fabric Test – Part 1
One of the big things I wanted to understand about my Silhouette Cameo cutting machine was how to cut fabric. At the conference I attended, and in the instructions I have read, everyone called for stabilizing the dickens out of the fabric (making it more like paper) before cutting it with the machine. But what [...]
A Kraft-Tex Bag Corner Tutorial
Almost 3 years ago, I made a lovely bag from some of my painted fabric. And, for the first time, I added pieces of Kraft-Tex to the corners to corners of the bag to protect them from wear and tear. (See Kaleidoscope Bag post here.) Just last week, as I was posting this link for [...]
