Stenciling with Paintstiks & Giveaway Winner
We have a winner! Leslie W. had the winning entry in our iStencils Giveaway. Congratulations Leslie! I've sent an email to the address associated with your winning comment, but if you don't receive it, please contact me. Thanks to everyone who participated in our first giveaway event. I hope to offer more of these for my readers in the future! Tips for Stenciling on Fabric with Paintstiks I've also found some excellent tips for stenciling with paintstiks on fabric that I wanted to share with you. Both of these resources can be found in the Cedar Canon Textiles Learning Center. In this video, Tips ...
Another Damask Stenciled Pillow and a Giveaway
One of the things I love about iStencils is that each design is available in multiple sizes. For the second of my two stenciled pillows, I used the same Damask pattern as on the first, but in a smaller size. To mix it up a little more, I repeated the motif to create an allover pattern, and used copper and gold paintstiks to compliment the turquoise of the first pillow. Don't they look nice together? The stenciling technique for this pillow was pretty much the same as for the first, so I'll skip the full tutorial and just hit on the ...
Damask Stenciled Pillow Tutorial
When long time sponsor iStencils offered to send me some stencils to play with, I was beyond excited. For one thing, I really needed a painting break, and this was the perfect excuse. For another... well, who doesn't like free stuff? And you know what's even better? Starting tomorrow you'll have a chance to get free stuff too, because that's when our iStencils giveaway starts. But first things first, and for my first project using my stash of new stencils, I've stenciled a pair of canvas pillows with this Damask pattern. Here's a how-to on the first of the ...
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Stenciling with Paintstiks & Giveaway Winner
We have a winner! Leslie W. had the winning entry in our iStencils Giveaway. Congratulations Leslie! I’ve sent an email to the address associated with your winning comment, but if you don’t receive it, please contact me. Thanks to everyone who participated in our first giveaway event. I hope to offer more of these for my readers in the future! Tips... [Read more...]
Another Damask Stenciled Pillow and a Giveaway
One of the things I love about iStencils is that each design is available in multiple sizes. For the second of my two stenciled pillows, I used the same Damask pattern as on the first, but in a smaller size. To mix it up a little more, I repeated the motif to create an allover pattern, and used copper and gold paintstiks to compliment the turquoise... [Read more...]
Damask Stenciled Pillow Tutorial
When long time sponsor iStencils offered to send me some stencils to play with, I was beyond excited. For one thing, I really needed a painting break, and this was the perfect excuse. For another… well, who doesn’t like free stuff? And you know what’s even better? Starting tomorrow you’ll have a chance to get free stuff too,... [Read more...]
Stenciled Umbrella
This umbrella, from Christen of Two Happy Hearts, is the perfect way to greet those April showers we’ve been having lately. She stenciled the umbrella with block printing ink, which I’ve never used, but am now anxious to try. Visit her blog for more photos and a how-to tutorial. Read More →
Quick Stenciled Card
I love paper crafts. I don’t do a lot of them myself, but today I needed a card for someone special, and decided to see if I could come up with something creative. First I cut cardstock to size using my rotary cutter. I bought this cutter, along with a self-healing mat and quilting ruler years ago during a brief quilting phase. I’ve only... [Read more...]
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