Lino Cut Stamps

Posted on May 27, 2016 by ruthlane under class, Felt, surface design

Still working away on my next online class so I made a few smaller stamps (about 2″ diameter). I started with a geometric one that I forgot to get a photo of because I didn’t really like it all that much. Then I made one that looked more like a dandelion seed head. That got me going on seed pods so I made a different one.

Here are the stamps with their prints on paper. I think I will make a few more of these seed related ones.

Here I tested them out on a scrap piece of felt. I printed these with screen printing ink instead of thickened dye since I didn’t have time to get that all set up. I also worked today on some free motion machine stitching on felt which I will post about on Sunday over at The Felting and Fiber Studio.

Level 1 Experimental Machine Stitch Class in Montana

Posted on March 17, 2016 by ruthlane under class

The deadline for signing up for the Level 1 Experimental Machine Stitch with Gail Harker is March 25th. We need more students to sign up for the class to run and I hope you’ll consider it if you’re in the area. I would also appreciate it if you would spread the word to anyone who might be interested.

You can sign up for the class here.

It’s a great class and you will learn so much about your sewing machine and how to use it effectively. All the samples here are ones I made in that course plus lots more.

I really enjoyed the class and I hope you will sign up! I’d love to meet you there 🙂

Gail Harker Teaching in Montana

Posted on May 15, 2015 by ruthlane under class

Gail Harker will be coming to Kalispell, Montana to teach a Level 1 Experimental Hand Stitch course June 24-28.

If you are closer to Montana then you are to La Conner, Washington, then it’s a wonderful opportunity to take one of Gail’s courses. I have no affiliation except that I have taken many of her courses and I always learn so much as she is an excellent teacher. I will be assisting Gail with this course and we’d love to have you. Just give Gail’s center a call to register.

Working on More Class Samples

Posted on November 7, 2014 by ruthlane under class

I have been working on my online paper fabric lamination class samples and writing up the instructions today.

I used the stencils that I showed you in my last post.

And paper that I painted last night.

Hopefully one of these small ones will turn into a lovely felted postcard for a holiday postcard exchange that we’re having on the forum. Hope you have a good weekend.

Another Color Notebook

Posted on August 10, 2013 by ruthlane under class, journals

I worked all day Friday on finishing my homework for my color class. The second notebook is a larger size and includes all the color wheels, scales and other color exercises.

I got about half of the pages completed. Right now, I have all the pages separated from the notebook until I have all the page placement figured out.

Here you can see the stack of pages that I finished. I have at least that many more to go.

This is one of my colors wheels done with three primary colors of paint.

This photo is very dark but shows a red to blue scale.

This is one of my six primary color wheels. I had never painted one of these before.

I did a bunch of color studies using different colors from magazines and catalogs.

This is a combination of paint, photos printed from the computer and magazine photos.

And here’s one in green.

Then I did all of my paint colors in tints and shades scales. I really enjoyed seeing the different combinations that occur. I am happy that I’m almost finished with the homework because I have yurt duties. Today we started felting the yurt walls. I will be posting about the process on Thursday on the Felting and Fiber Studio site.

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