fabric art – Crane Hana Books

November 6, 2017 by Filigree 1 comment

Gel transfers on fabric

I’m partway through the next set of award ribbons for the Tempe Festival of the Arts. These are based on the work of Erin Curry, so for the applique backgrounds I used a mix of bright and subdued cotton prints glued on white felt pre-edged with dark green/blue rose print fabric. The prints have some…

June 29, 2016 by Filigree

Sew Madness

I have some free hours tonight. To help settle my manuscript submission jitters, I’m playing with several sewing projects that need to advance to their next stages. Not finished (cue hysterical laughter); any one of these will take far more than a couple of hours for that. Refine the patterns and start cutting UV-blocking fabric…