Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

June 19th, 2008

Transferring your pattern for embroidery

Art Attack Thursday!

Lots of times in mixed media projects, we’d like to add a bit of hand-stitched elegance! Sometimes we can get away with just winging it, but other times the pattern is a bit more crucial. Here’s a great little tutorial from Melissa at Elemental Stitches on how to transfer your pattern to fabric. […]

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April 29th, 2008

Recycle your blankie into a rug!

Can you think of anything cozier than turning soft, cuddly blankets into rugs? What a treat for your feet! Dutch design duo Tejo Remy and Rene VeenHuizen came up with this brilliant idea.

Tags: Fabric & Fiber, fiber, Mixed Media, recycled-art

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April 21st, 2008

Art Doll Quarterly

***FREE STUFF ALERT***
Have you seen Art Doll Quarterly? I’m sure if you’re a fan of art dolls, you probably have. Dolls are not an art form that ever really entered my realm or tugged at my imagination…until I saw this magazine! WOW!! The things you can make, and this is the magazine with both the […]

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April 15th, 2008

Replace your straps

Isn’t this a great idea? Thanks to Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, we’ll all be out cutting the seatbelts out of unlocked cars. Just kidding! You can get them from junkyards legally…

Even better, Lenore shows us how to make the swap. Sweet!
Tags: Fabric & Fiber, handbags, Mixed Media, tutorials, Wearable […]

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March 20th, 2008

Bugs & Fishes

I love both the stuff and the attitude. Bugs & Fishes is currently planning on blogging every day about the clever projects she makes…felt animals, flowers, mobiles, you name it.
She also sells her wares through an Etsy shop, and one offering that caught my eye was this mobile:

Tags: Fabric & Fiber, fiber, Mixed Media, […]

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March 13th, 2008

Lazy Girl Designs!

Art Attack Thursday! 
Don’t you just love the name of this blog? Joan Hawley is the Lazy Girl, and she has generously shared many free lazy tutorials. Since I happen to be a person who is always in seach of the perfect bag, her quick and easy style really appeals to me. I especially like […]

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March 7th, 2008

The cutest tote bag ever!

I love the felt flowers on this one, and the pattern is being made available for anyone who’d like to have a go at it! Michelle Verbeeck at Studio 259 Blog has generously shared this cute pattern, free. Thanks, Michelle!

Tags: Fabric & Fiber, felt, Mixed Media, tutorials, Wearable Art

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March 6th, 2008

Continuous quilt binding

Heather Bailey has provided a really neat one-page tutorial on how to bind a quilt with that professional mitered corner look. There are several ways that like to bind my fabric projects, but the mitered style is by far the most polished. Heather’s directions are clear and well-illustrated! Thanks so much, Heather!
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May 3rd, 2007

Artist Profile: Colette Copeland

Espadrille: Mixed media, paper, fabric, paint on muslin
Artist: Colette Copeland
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website & Blog:
Pomegranate Place
A Bird in the Hand blog

Junque Figures: um, junk, but interesting junk!
How do you describe your work, Colette?
Mixed media. Privately I call it eclectic, because I like variety. I love to paint on large canvasses, and I also like smaller […]

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April 5th, 2007

Artist Profile: Jen Worden

Comfort of Home
Artist: Jen Worden
Location: Rural Nova Scotia, Canada.
Website: Jen Worden

Lady Bug! Lady Bug!
Jen, you work in so many different media. How do you describe what you do?
A rather roundabout answer, I worked exclusively in digital media for over 10 years even though my initial training was in fine art. Eventually though I had […]

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