Lazies, My friend Shelly Stokes, owner of Cedar Canyon Textiles, made a ‘Safari’ themed Margo Handbag using her fabric Shiva Paintstiks and new stencil technique from her Design Magic book. The safari design is a paint embellishment using simple square stencils. Safari Margo was on display in Shelly’s booth at Market and it is even [...]
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Lazies, Let’s talk buttons. I love buttons and it can be difficult to find the right button with the perfect personality for your special project. I auditioned at least a dozen contenders for the flap closure of the Veronica Pocketbook design. There is a link later in the post for a photo gallery of the [...]
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Lazies, Diane Gilleland posted a very nice reverse-applique tutorial over at CraftStylish recently. Diane featured her appliqué on a tote and recommended that this technique would work well with my tote patterns, too. I have a few Lazy notes on how to incorporate Diane’s tutorial into our designs plus some additional thoughts as you plan [...]
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