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A Better Way to Appliqué Face, fuse, and bead the motifs Embellished appliqué on a filmy background is lovely but may not seem easy to accomplish. Traditional appliqué methods require invisible hand stitches or heavy machine-sewn satin stitches— both of which are difficult to work on sheer fabrics. When you update the technique and introduce fusible materials, however, the process becomes simpler, and your results improve dramatically. Follow these steps to create your own gorgeous…

I found a vintage jacket at the thrift shop recently with this great trim, and decided that I wanted to figure out how to do it.

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I’ve been a bit slow about publishing recently, and there’s a good reason for that! This project has been taking up my whole life! I think it was worth it, though. This project is the c…

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10 posts published by Ruth Singer during September 2008

This week we were using acrylic paint on fabric to create different effects. We started by stippling some calico with a dry brush using 2 colours - blue and yellow in my case, resulting in lots of green and looking like a flowery meadow! Then we moved on to using a diffuser and thin paint to give an effect like airbrushing, holding a piece of ripped paper in front of the fabric to act as a mask so that some parts stayed white. Then we moved on to a way of making monoprints on glass. We put…

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