Hi! Hope you've all had a really good week. Today is Day 5 of National novel writing month and I already feel like I need a huge long nap to recover from...
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Carolyn
cjgetter
Nov 6, 2010 3:59 pm
Great work, Rachel! I love them all, but I'm especially fond of 1, 8, and 9 (the second one). Can't wait to see how they progress. Carolyn...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Nov 6, 2010 4:44 pm
Thanks Carolyn! I love the way the green and yellow fabric melted together in those pics. I gave it a good going over with the heat gun! It's great to hear...
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gold_haert
Nov 8, 2010 4:34 pm
... my husband gave me. I'm doing this sort of thing"http://judys-journal.blogspot.com/search/label/couching" the couching is fun. doesn't take much thought...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Nov 8, 2010 5:43 pm
Sorry to hear about your cold, Faun :( That couching is gorgeous (as is the stuff I just saw on your journal!). I love the white stuff with the snowy winter...
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gold_haert
Nov 9, 2010 9:30 am
... the gift from my love is not to be sneezed at? but some day's my love is less than others ... this is Judy's work the white on white she's the one who's...
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gold_haert
Nov 12, 2010 10:03 am
while rachel is typing her fingers off I thought i'd start a thread and for me its this little video Love your thread By Natalie Chanin ...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Nov 13, 2010 4:20 pm
Hi Everyone! I'm sorry I didn't get this out sooner but I wasn't good for much yesterday. This week I happened upon some videos on youtube about the French...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Nov 19, 2010 11:35 pm
Hi! How was your week? Did you get anything crafty done? This week I've been trying to live a much simpler life with my surroundings and putting away the...
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Faun Bonewits
gold_haert
Nov 20, 2010 8:13 pm
thought i'd try the return to sender option "How was your week? Did you get anything crafty done?" I did another couch a fabric strip "faux weaving" this time...
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arne
arne_ullestad
Dec 2, 2010 10:30 am
You were talking about using maps and that made me think of an artist who used dress patterns. Took me a while to find it again: ...
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arne ullestad
arne_ullestad
Dec 2, 2010 10:30 am
Rachel, here is the foto of John Westmark's painting - and use of dress patterns. I left an earlier message on the group site because when you used maps I was...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 2, 2010 10:45 am
Anne, those are wonderful images! I didn't actually think of using old paper maps layered up with the fabric - but that could work really well - or even...
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Carolyn
cjgetter
Dec 2, 2010 1:20 pm
Wow! That is really neat! Thanks for sharing the link. Carolyn http://pinkpeppercorns.etsy.com Hand-dyed ribbons, handspun yarns and other thises and thats...
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gold_haert
Dec 3, 2010 9:55 am
i love seeing what folks do with patterns i think his art would be nice with out them too the pictures have a real energy to them patterns would be good air...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 3, 2010 12:15 pm
Hi Everyone! I'm sorry I missed sending out last Friday's newsletter but I just couldn't quite manage it. I think I should have taking November off from even...
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gold_haert
Dec 4, 2010 5:45 pm
i found grandfather frost and the winter maiden can't remember the true name http://www.flickr.com/photos/olykaynen/5227984113/ but her outfit is magnificent ...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 4, 2010 11:52 pm
Oh they are fabulous!I love the pattern on her dress. And the doll is a perfect Snow Queen! All that fabulous decoration!...
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mrsgreeny
salgreenwood
Dec 7, 2010 10:52 pm
Hi my Name is Sal, I live in Marple in Cheshire (England)I love to sew and I love felting, both wet and dry. I have fallen out with craft fairs so I am re...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 7, 2010 10:57 pm
Hi Sal! Welcome! Crafting parties sound like an awesome idea! I don't drive either - which causes a problem as I live right in the middle of the countryside. ...
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gold_haert
Dec 8, 2010 9:00 am
maybe you could do entertainment (parties in your house? do you have an out building you could make into a gathering place? let them come to you?...
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SalG
salgreenwood
Dec 8, 2010 10:12 am
When we finally scratch the money together to buy a house something like this may be a possibility, at the moment we share a teeny two bed bungalow with my mum...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 8, 2010 11:10 am
I have a space issue too. Sometimes it's hard to get motivated when you have to do the dishes first and then get all the sewing done and put away before...
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SalG
salgreenwood
Dec 8, 2010 7:45 pm
I do have a studio... but its too expensive to heat it so I'm staying home, so I'm knitting and felting, might bring my machine home next week, though I don't...
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SalG
salgreenwood
Dec 8, 2010 10:10 pm
I have wanted to do a textile degree for years, has anyone done one was it at college or distance? been drooling over a OCA course... love Sal x -- ...
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gold_haert
Dec 9, 2010 4:50 pm
a knitting machine could fit right where an end table is or on the coffee table but I'm not proud-er wrong word maybe its more a matter of survival? if I can't...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 9, 2010 5:01 pm
I just push my sewing machine to the side of the kitchen table when we're eating! I used to have the spare room when I lived with my Dad and that was my studio...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 9, 2010 5:37 pm
Following message from SalG - not me! The system ate it! :/ "my lounge is also use as my home studio, and I have a cupboard at home, that is filled with my...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 9, 2010 5:50 pm
I've just been carding wool outside - even in this cold! I might have to try felting outside in the summer - usually I try to make it coincide with needing to...
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Melted Rachel
melted_rachel
Dec 10, 2010 1:11 pm
Hi Everyone! Welcome to the new people – it's lovely to see you and hear from you :D * This week I've been trying to alter a Jane Auter era dress pattern to...
