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Surface Design Techniques For Fabric - How To Sun Print On Fabric, How To Print Digital Images On Fabric, Metallic Paint Effect On Fabric, and How To Remove Excess Dye From Fabric Free Tutorials By Vicki Welsh of Field Trips In Fiber

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It's always great to learn from a pro. At least I think so. Well, if you want to learn a few tricks and techniques for surface design and dyeing then you'll be happy to know that Vicki Welsh of Field Trips In Fiber has a couple wonderful tutorials on her blog explaining various techniques she employs for surface design. I hope you enjoy Vicki's surface design techniques tutorials.

How to Sun Print on Fabric

Here's what Vicki had to say about her sun printing on fabric technique: I really enjoy sun printing and have written lots of posts about some of my sun printing results. I also wrote a PDF tutorial.

How to Print Digital Images on Fabric

Here's what Vicki had to say about her printing digital images on fabric technique: My favorite way to transfer images to fabric is to print them with my ink jet printer. I find this to me the most reliable technique and, because there are fewer mishaps, it's also the most economical. This PDF shows how I do it and also provides a comparison of pre-treated fabric sheet products.

Metallic Paint Effect on Fabric

Here's what Vicki had to say about her metallic paint effect on fabric technique: I love adding a little bit of sparkle to my projects and there's no better way than painting your own fabrics. The metallic paints not only add sparkle, they add a lot of depth of color and texture. This PDF will show you the process I use to get metallic effects on fabric.

How I remove excess dye from fabric (commercial and hand dyed)

Here's what Vicki had to say about her removing excess dye technique: One of the biggest complaints about hand dyed fabric is that it's not color fast. Many people are wary of using it because they are afraid that the colors will run and ruin their entire quilt. Honestly, it's a reputation that the hand dyed fabric industry has earned.

Please respect Vicki's Terms of Use: Tutorial, text & images are the property of Vicki Welsh. Please do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Vicki's Bio - I am 51, married 23 years and no kids (by choice). I live near Richmond, VA and am obsessed with anything to do with fabric and thread! I sew quilts, dye fabric, longarm quilting and just make lots of things. I started this blog as a way to chronicle my sewing goals and adventures and retired recently to become a full time fabric dyer.

Copyright © 2006-2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Vicki Welsh of Field Trips In Fiber - Adventures in quilting, hand dyed fabric and fiber art. Vicki is a fiber artist and fiber dyer. Please visit her "Vicki Welsh - Hand Dyed Fabrics" Etsy Shop.

Painted Lace Cuff Free Tutorial By Sue Bleiweiss

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I love unusual and unique jewelry. If you do too then you'll be happy to know that Sue Bleiweiss of Sue Bleiweiss website has another wonderful tutorial showing you how to create painted lace cuffs on her Sue Bleiweiss blog. I hope you enjoy Sue's tutorial.

Painted Lace Cuff

Here's what Sue had to say about her painted lace cuff tutorial:

Once you see how fast and easy these cuffs are to make you’ll want to make a different one for each day of the week! To make the cuffs in these directions I’m using a painted lace surface. Check the Painted Lace Surfaces free project sheet for directions on how to create these surfaces. If you’d rather not create a painted lace surface you could just fuse a layer of fabric to a piece of Timtex and use that as the base for your cuff.

Please respect Sue's Terms of Use: For personal use only. Please feel free to make as many as you like for gifts, swaps and donations, however; at this time I cannot provide licensing for readers to sell items made from the patterns provided on my website. Tutorial, text & images are the property of Sue Bleiweiss. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Sue Bleiweiss of SueBleiweiss.com.

Sue is a Mixed Media Fiber Artist and Instructor. She teaches classes online in mixed media, surface design, fiber arts. Please visit her Sue Bleiweiss Etsy Shop.

Two-Color Gradations With Fiber Reactive Dye Free Tutorial By Terri Stegmiller of StegArt

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Do you like trying different methods for dyeing fabrics to achieve different results. If you do then you'll be happy to know that Terri Stegmiller has a wonderful tutorial on her Terri Stegmiller website showing you how to create two-color gradations with fiber reactive dye. I hope you enjoy Terri's tutorial.

Two-Color Gradations With Fiber Reactive Dye

Here's what Terri had to say about her two-color gradations with fiber reactive dye tutorial: There’s nothing more exciting to a fiber artist than fabulous hand dyed colors. Just looking at a color range of hand dyed fabrics can give me goose bumps.

In this tutorial I am going to show you how I create my two-color hand dyed fabric gradations. You’ll need to have a basic knowledge of fabric dyeing in order to do this successfully. If you don’t, there are a lot of good books on the subject and you’ll find some listed in the further reading box at the end of this document.

Please respect Terri's Terms of Use: Tutorial, text & images are the property of Terri Stegmiller. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Terri's Bio - After a lifetime of experimenting with all types of crafts, Terri began exploring quilting in the early 1990’s. She discovered pretty quickly that traditional and bed-sized quilts were not quite her style and began experimenting with mixed media and creating her own designs. Known for her innovative combination's of color and pattern she is inspired by nature, cats and the female face and enjoys creating artwork that incorporate these elements. When she is not creating art, Terri also enjoys web site design and graphic design work. Terri is the author of Creative Paper Quilts, co-author of Creative Ways with Fiber and Stitch, sells her art through her website at www.terristegmiller.com/.

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Please visit Terri's Terri Stegmiller website, her StegArt Etsy Shoppe, and her Terri Stegmiller blog.

Painted Quilt Batting Free Tutorial By Sue Bleiweiss

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Did you know that you can paint quilt batting to create all sorts of wonderful pieces? If you did then you'll be happy to know that Sue Bleiweiss of Sue Bleiweiss website has another wonderful tutorial showing you how to paint quilt batting on her Sue Bleiweiss blog. I hope you enjoy Sue's tutorial.

Painted Quilt Batting

Here's what Sue had to say about her painted quilt batting tutorial:

Quilt batting makes a wonderfully textured surface when it’s painted. You can use any type of batting for this technique so it’s a great way to use up leftover scraps from your quilt projects.

Please respect Sue's Terms of Use: For personal use only. Please feel free to make as many as you like for gifts, swaps and donations, however; at this time I cannot provide licensing for readers to sell items made from the patterns provided on my website. Tutorial, text & images are the property of Sue Bleiweiss. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Sue Bleiweiss of SueBleiweiss.com.

Sue is a Mixed Media Fiber Artist and Instructor. She teaches classes online in mixed media, surface design, fiber arts. Please visit her Sue Bleiweiss Etsy Shop.

Getting Started With Soy Wax Batik Free Tutorial By Sue Bleiweiss

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If you've ever wondered about creating beautiful batik fabric designs using wax then you'll be happy to know that Sue Bleiweiss of Sue Bleiweiss website has another wonderful tutorial showing you how to batik fabric on her Sue Bleiweiss blog. I hope you enjoy Sue's tutorial.

Getting Started With Soy Wax Batik

Here's what Sue had to say about her getting started with soy wax batik tutorial:

I’ve always been intrigued with batik but was reluctant to try it because of the trouble of being able to get the wax out of the fabric using dry cleaning. Then I read about using soy wax as an alternative to traditional batik wax (a mixture of paraffin and beeswax) and decided to try it. I have been pleasantly surprised with the results that I’ve gotten working with soy wax so I thought I’d put together a project sheet to help others who want to try working with it but aren’t sure where to start.

Please respect Sue's Terms of Use: For personal use only. Please feel free to make as many as you like for gifts, swaps and donations, however; at this time I cannot provide licensing for readers to sell items made from the patterns provided on my website. Tutorial, text & images are the property of Sue Bleiweiss. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Sue Bleiweiss of SueBleiweiss.com.

Sue is a Mixed Media Fiber Artist and Instructor. She teaches classes online in mixed media, surface design, fiber arts.

Foiled Silk Cards Free Tutorial By Sue Bleiweiss

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If you've ever wanted to make beautiful note cards using silk and foil then you'll be happy to know that Sue Bleiweiss of Sue Bleiweiss website has another wonderful tutorial showing you how to make foiled silk cards on her Sue Bleiweiss blog. I hope you enjoy Sue's tutorial.

Foiled Silk Card

Here's what Sue had to say about her foiled silk card tutorial:

These foiled silk cards are so easy to make and are sure to make the recipient feel special when they pull the card out of the envelope. If you don’t have any silk on hand use cotton, linen, or whatever fabric scraps you have.

Please respect Sue's Terms of Use: For personal use only. Please feel free to make as many as you like for gifts, swaps and donations, however; at this time I cannot provide licensing for readers to sell items made from the patterns provided on my website. Tutorial, text & images are the property of Sue Bleiweiss. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Sue Bleiweiss of SueBleiweiss.com.

Sue is a Mixed Media Fiber Artist and Instructor. She teaches classes online in mixed media, surface design, fiber arts. Please visit her Sue Bleiweiss Etsy Shop.

One Bucket Fabric Dyeing Free Tutorial By Terri Stegmiller of StegArt

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If you love dyeing fabric you'll be happy to know that Terri Stegmiller has a wonderful tutorial on her Terri Stegmiller website showing you how to dye different colors using a one bucket method. Enjoy!

One Bucket Fabric Dyeing

Here's what Terri had to say about her one bucket fabric dyeing tutorial: It’s hard to believe that I dyed all of these fabrics all at the same time, in one bucket. I didn’t believe this would work either until I tried it.

Please respect Terri's Terms of Use: Tutorial, text & images are the property of Terri Stegmiller. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Terri's Bio - After a lifetime of experimenting with all types of crafts, Terri began exploring quilting in the early 1990’s. She discovered pretty quickly that traditional and bed-sized quilts were not quite her style and began experimenting with mixed media and creating her own designs. Known for her innovative combination's of color and pattern she is inspired by nature, cats and the female face and enjoys creating artwork that incorporate these elements. When she is not creating art, Terri also enjoys web site design and graphic design work. Terri is the author of Creative Paper Quilts, co-author of Creative Ways with Fiber and Stitch, sells her art through her website at www.terristegmiller.com/.

Copyright © 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Terri Stegmiller of Terri Stegmiller .

Please visit Terri's Terri Stegmiller website, her StegArt Etsy Shoppe, and her Terri Stegmiller blog.

Fabric Painting & Dyeing Free Tutorial By Sue Bleiweiss

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If you've always wondered what techniques are used to paint and dye fabric then you'll be happy to know that Sue Bleiweiss of Sue Bleiweiss website has another wonderful tutorial showing you how it's done on her Sue Bleiweiss blog. I hope you enjoy Sue's tutorial.

Fabric Painting & Dyeing

Here's what Sue had to say about her fabric painting & dyeing tutorial:

This technique of the month project sheet is all about fabric dyeing and painting. First I’m going to show you some of my favorite ways to paint fabric and then I’ll walk you through my easy, no fuss way to dye fabric using procion dyes

Please respect Sue's Terms of Use: For personal use only. Please feel free to make as many as you like for gifts, swaps and donations, however; at this time I cannot provide licensing for readers to sell items made from the patterns provided on my website. Tutorial, text & images are the property of Sue Bleiweiss. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Sue Bleiweiss of SueBleiweiss.com.

Sue is a Mixed Media Fiber Artist and Instructor. She teaches classes online in mixed media, surface design, fiber arts. Please visit her Sue Bleiweiss Etsy Shop.

Crayons On Fabric Free Tutorial By Sue Bleiweiss

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If you've always wanted to try coloring fabric with watercolor crayons and paint sticks then you'll be happy to know that Sue Bleiweiss of Sue Bleiweiss website has another wonderful tutorial showing you how to use watercolor crayons and Shiva oil paint sticks to color fabric on her Sue Bleiweiss blog. I hope you enjoy Sue's tutorial.

Crayons On Fabric

Here's what Sue had to say about her crayons on fabric tutorial:

This project sheet is all about working with water-soluble crayons and Shiva Oil paint sticks. Both of these are fun and easy ways to add color to cloth and can be used in a lot of different ways.

Please respect Sue's Terms of Use: For personal use only. Please feel free to make as many as you like for gifts, swaps and donations, however; at this time I cannot provide licensing for readers to sell items made from the patterns provided on my website. Tutorial, text & images are the property of Sue Bleiweiss. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Sue Bleiweiss of SueBleiweiss.com.

Sue is a Mixed Media Fiber Artist and Instructor. She teaches classes online in mixed media, surface design, fiber arts. Please visit her Sue Bleiweiss Etsy Shop.

Painted Lace Surfaces Free Tutorial By Sue Bleiweiss

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I just love lace. Don't you? If you do then you'll be happy to know that Sue Bleiweiss of Sue Bleiweiss website has another wonderful tutorial showing you how to create painted lace surfaces on her Sue Bleiweiss blog. I hope you enjoy Sue's tutorial.

Painted Lace Surfaces
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Here's what Sue had to say about her painted lace surfaces tutorial:

It’s easy to create rich beautiful surfaces using Venice Lace. Also known as guipure lace, this type of lace is created without a mesh net-work ground. Instead the sections of the design are connected by bridges or bars which holds the design together. Available in cotton or rayon, each are easy to color using paint, inks and even dye and I’m going to show you several different ways to create interesting surfaces with it.

Please respect Sue's Terms of Use: For personal use only. Please feel free to make as many as you like for gifts, swaps and donations, however; at this time I cannot provide licensing for readers to sell items made from the patterns provided on my website. Tutorial, text & images are the property of Sue Bleiweiss. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Sue Bleiweiss of SueBleiweiss.com.

Sue is a Mixed Media Fiber Artist and Instructor. She teaches classes online in mixed media, surface design, fiber arts. Please visit her Sue Bleiweiss Etsy Shop.

Thread Sketching Free Tutorial By Terri Stegmiller of StegArt

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Learn how to sketch on your quilts just as you would in your sketchbook with the wonderful tutorial that Terri Stegmiller has on her Terri Stegmiller website showing you how sketch with thread. I hope you enjoy Terri's tutorial.

Thread Sketching
Copyright © 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Terri Stegmiller

Here's what Terri had to say about her thread sketching tutorial: There is a saying that I have heard and believe in. “If you can draw it, you can stitch it!”

Please respect Terri's Terms of Use: Tutorial, text & images are the property of Terri Stegmiller. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Terri's Bio - After a lifetime of experimenting with all types of crafts, Terri began exploring quilting in the early 1990’s. She discovered pretty quickly that traditional and bed-sized quilts were not quite her style and began experimenting with mixed media and creating her own designs. Known for her innovative combination's of color and pattern she is inspired by nature, cats and the female face and enjoys creating artwork that incorporate these elements. When she is not creating art, Terri also enjoys web site design and graphic design work. Terri is the author of Creative Paper Quilts, co-author of Creative Ways with Fiber and Stitch, sells her art through her website at www.terristegmiller.com/.

Copyright © 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Terri Stegmiller of Terri Stegmiller .

Please visit Terri's Terri Stegmiller website, her StegArt Etsy Shoppe, and her Terri Stegmiller blog.

Fiber Collage Art Cards Free Tutorial By Sue Bleiweiss

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If you love creating collages and beautiful collage note cards then you'll be happy to know that Sue Bleiweiss of Sue Bleiweiss website has another wonderful tutorial on creating fiber collage art cards on her Sue Bleiweiss blog. I hope you enjoy Sue's tutorial.

Fiber Collage Art Cards
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Here's what Sue had to say about her fiber collage art cards: These fiber collages are fast, fun and easy to make and they are a great way to use up leftover bits of fabric, threads, ribbons, lace, novelty yarns, papers, silk or paper flowers. I've even used torn pages from old books, tea bag and candy wrappers! You can use anything in these collages that can withstand the heat of the iron.

Please respect Sue's Terms of Use: For personal use only. Please feel free to make as many as you like for gifts, swaps and donations, however; at this time I cannot provide licensing for readers to sell items made from the patterns provided on my website. Tutorial, text & images are the property of Sue Bleiweiss. Do not copy or distribute in any form for any reason without my permission!

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Sue Bleiweiss of SueBleiweiss.com.

Sue is a Mixed Media Fiber Artist and Instructor. She teaches classes online in mixed media, surface design, fiber arts. Please visit her Sue Bleiweiss Etsy Shop.

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