Mandalas are such beautiful works of art but it’s so hard to find tutorials explaining how to make them! This is the first of three in-depth tying tutorials I have planned for the coming weeks… Read More »How to Tie a Star Mandala
Do you have trouble making those nice clean, crisp lines on your tie dye? I’ve now made lots and lots of items using sinew (such as geode dyes) and over time I’ve picked up a… Read More »Tips for Tying Tight Sinew
I’ve been in need of a travel bag for a while. I have been using an old broken and holey duffel bag we had laying around for our camping trips and I really wanted something… Read More »Simplicity 2274 Travel Bag Pattern Review
Fabric masks. After months of telling us not to wear them, suddenly we’re told we need to be wearing them right now. (Thanks for the warning guys!) Materials to make fabric masks are getting harder… Read More »Fabric Masks Questions and Tips
I’ve been seeing a lot of quilts getting finished during the quarantine. There seems to be a bunch of people out there on their 3rd or 4th quilt and I’m sitting here having finished nothing… Read More »Review of Simplicity 8939 Fitted Crib Sheet
I find myself thinking of this phrase often lately. I really would be fine with boring and uneventful, but 2020 really seems to have other things in mind. We’re officially under quarantine to limit the… Read More »Living In Interesting Times
I try to sit down every so often to figure out where I’m headed with Mythic Seam and make adjustments. The beginning of the year seemed like the perfect time to do just that! Just… Read More »Welcome to 2020!
One of the most frustrating things about making and designing quilts is figuring out what size to make them. There are no standard sizes and everyone has their own opinion on how large to make… Read More »Guide to Common Quilt Sizes
After being so busy with my last quilt pattern launch I’ve finally had time to do more geode dyeing! This week I have been busy geode dyeing and I just finished up a batch of… Read More »New Geode Fabrics
A while back I talked about how adding extra soda ash to turquoise when ice dyeing can help you achieve deeper colors due to turquoise’s long cure time. So if additional soda ash helped make… Read More »Should You Always Add Extra Soda Ash When Ice Dyeing?
I’m a prewasher when it comes to fabrics. I like to preshrink them since I do a lot of mixing purchased fabrics with hand dyed fabrics. I also like to make sure my fabric isn’t… Read More »Bleeding Fabric: The Grape Stomp of Desperation
New to dyeing? Here’s everything you’ll need to know to get started! Where to Buy Procion Fiber Reactive Dyes What is PFD Fabric? Dye Startup Costs Procion Dye Safety Basic Dyeing Instructions How to Ice… Read More »Beginning Dyeing