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How to Sign a Stitched Painting

August 20, 2021 ShellyStokes

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In preparation for my first gallery show, I had to solve the problem of how to sign a stitched painting. The pieces were finished. They were stretched on internal frames. They were absolutely ready for the packing crate. Except that… oops!… Nothing had a signature! Now I knew I could sign the back of the […]

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Learn from my Marking Pencil Mistake

June 30, 2021 ShellyStokes

There are few things more frustrating than mistakes that can be avoided. In this post, I share my mis-adventure with a marking pencil — and how you can avoid this mistake in your fabric art projects.

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Make and Use a Quick Silhouette Vinyl Stitch Guide

February 17, 2021 ShellyStokes

In my stitched paintings, I often have long, narrow shapes to fill with embroidery. A few days ago, I had the almost brilliant idea to make a Silhouette Vinyl Stitch Guide.  So what makes it “almost” brilliant? Let’s just say I learned a few things along the way.    Create a Vinyl Stitch Guide To […]

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6 Steps for No Trace Freezer Paper Stencils

December 17, 2020 ShellyStokes

After getting a question from one of my students, I wanted to test cut a stencil to make sure it wasn’t too fussy for freezer paper. I was feeling too lazy to trace the design onto the freezer paper, so I cheated. And by doing so, I discovered a wonderful shortcut for making what I’ll […]

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How I frame a Stitched Painting

December 4, 2020 ShellyStokes

Having completed five significant five large pieces with my Paint•Stitch•Bead technique, I decided it was time to figure out how to get from finished embroidery to finished art. In short, I had to learn to frame a stitched painting. In earlier years, I turned my stitched paintings into quilted panels. But… the addition of beads […]

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Mask Maker’s Secret Weapon

May 1, 2020 ShellyStokes

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I’ve looked at (and completed) more fitted fabric face masks in the last few weeks than I care to think about. After stitching over hundreds (and hundreds) of bumpy, lumpy seams, I realized that a Mask Maker’s Secret Weapon was staring me right in the face. Well, not exactly staring at me. But only a […]

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Pekinese Stem Stitch

April 27, 2017 Jennifer Lutz

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When I add hand stitching to my painted fabric, I want the stitching to stand out. Today, I want to show you my latest stitch combination experiment. I call it Pekinese Stem Stitch. Bored with Stem Stitch? Dress it up with a Pekinese-style wrap! Click To Tweet   In traditional embroidery, Pekinese Stitch begins with […]

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A Kraft-Tex Bag Corner Tutorial

March 10, 2016 ShellyStokes

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 [...]

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Three Secrets For Almost-Invisible, Best-of-Show Art Quilt Facings

September 10, 2015 ShellyStokes

If you’ve been following along recently, you know I’ve been working on a new Online Course covering a really cool way to finish art quilts with facing rather than binding. Now before we go any further, please don’t get hung up on my use of the term “Art Quilt.” I’m not making any judgements about […]

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Shape Shifter Rubbings 4: The Final Layer

July 9, 2015 ShellyStokes

Ready for Lesson 4 in our Shape Shifter Rubbings series? Fantastic! Let’s get started. If you have just joined us, here are the links to the first 3 lessons: Lesson 1: The Basic Shape Shifter Concept Lesson 2: Variations on the Theme Lesson 3: Working on a Larger Scale Adding The Final Layer When I […]

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Shape Shifter Rubbings 3: Scale It Up

July 2, 2015 ShellyStokes

A few weeks ago, I started a series on Shape Shifter Rubbings. Before we jump into Lesson 3, Here’s a quick recap and links back to the first two lessons. In Lesson 1, I showed you how to make a multi-color rubbing by cutting a shape from a piece of paper, then using both the […]

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Shape Shifter Rubbings 2: Trade and Twirl

June 25, 2015 ShellyStokes

Last week, I introduced the topic of Shape Shifter Rubbings. In short, the idea is to cut a shape from a piece of paper, and then use the shape and the cutout to add a secondary shape to paintstik rubbings. I’m not going to repeat all the basic steps, so click over to the Shape […]

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