tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429888637850277812024-03-12T18:21:58.473-05:00Illinois YankeeIllinois Yankeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044656701614731895noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642988863785027781.post-4592212305568338942013-06-09T14:00:00.000-05:002014-07-13T14:19:25.996-05:00Bags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Five bags sewn from my handprinted fabric, ready for Silent Auction next Friday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mail Sack (large version, pattern from Pink Chalk Fabrics) with "Tree Rings"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mail Sack has "Frogs Egg" lining and upholstery remnant for base</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyday Tote (pattern from purlbee.com) with "Tree Rings" on yellow duck cloth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Grocery Bag (pattern is from michellepatterns.com) with "Boardwalk through the Marsh" and some experimental potato stamp handles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Frog Egg" fabric lining Grocery Bag</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Challenge Course Clothes" drawstring backpack. Found pattern on Martha Stewart who has you use nylon for lining.</td></tr>
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"Mini-Messenger Bag" from Michelle Patterns</div>
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Illinois Yankeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044656701614731895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642988863785027781.post-38860652971812012272013-03-25T13:07:00.000-05:002013-03-28T21:04:36.838-05:00Handprinted III: A Fabric Swap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have now learned how to print on fabric (in a beginner kind of way), thanks to <a href="http://www.lesliekeating.com/">Leslie Keating's</a> Third Annual Handprinted Fabric Swap event. Today was the deadline for having my handprinted fabric samples mailed off to my swapmates and I'm pleased to say I met the deadline!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final product, four 1/4 yard pieces of handprinted fabric</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have not tried blogging before either, but it seems like a good way to document/share my process:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Purchased
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bought the
fantastic book <i>Sewing School </i>by <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Amie
Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle<span class="apple-converted-space"> for
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“craft blogs” and got with the 21<sup>st</sup> century. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My husband gave
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hmm. I could use
that book, and that silkscreen and do the swap … and with other fabric I print I could sew bags for Art and Science in the Woods Summer Camp Silent Auction in June.
Hmm … yes ... my designs could have something to do with the woods and the marsh
and frogs and bugs and mud and stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Tried another picture frame silkscreen, smaller frame. Taped my inside edges too this time, to eliminate ink leakage at edges. Yes, I know Lena Corwin said to tape edges but I forgot and now I know why it is necessary! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Big tree rings look cool together with small ones! Never would have thought of that if I hadn’t goofed first silkscreen!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Thank you Leslie for this handprinted fabric swap! I had a very good time with it. And thanks also to Kleas for advertising it on your blog! I am happily
awaiting my parcels from Australia and Indiana, USA ... and practicing for next year! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">-Jennifer</span></div>
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