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Studio Windows: Designing a Custom Fabric for WBCA
If you subscribe to the newsletter for White Bear Center for the Arts, one of my local art centers, you might have seen a new fabric featured. I had a really fun time working with WBCA to make a custom fabric in celebration of their new branding and logo. They reached out after a class that I taught on digital fabric design and asked if I could do something for them. This is one of my favorite kind of projects! I’ve done fabrics for the Guthrie Theater Shop and Darn Knit Anyway in the past few years.
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Art Word of the Week: Baste
While I was teaching a class a week or so ago, I realized that there are many art words that I use often and I have a kind of automatic explanation that I say out loud when I use them for the first time in class. I thought that would make a great series of blog posts because you might also hear these words and wonder: what does that mean?
This week’s word is baste.
The first image that might come to mind is Thanksgiving dinner, but in art, or fiber art more specifically, [read more…]
The Introvert’s Guide to Surviving an Art Show
I originally wrote this post in 2017, but as my holiday show season is starting up again, I thought I would do an update and re-write it with some fresh eyes.
A friend posted a comment on something I wrote on Facebook:
I want to have a booth at a show, but I am nervous that I will not be charming enough. Any tips for being yourself And an introvert and a good salesperson for the crafts you love to make?
What a great question! I am a major introvert. When I say that, I [read more…]
Craft Fail: Ice Dyeing
My sister was here for the weekend and we had no big plans so since it was a crazy hot day we decided to try some ice dyeing. A great day for melting ice! I had a collection of random dyes from a whole bunch of previous projects that needed to be used up so we got a collection of t-shirts and napkins and set up some ice dyeing in the driveway.
Although I have taught dozens of dye classes, I have never actually done ice dyeing before. It seems pretty straight-forward, but I decided to look up some instructions to [read more…]
Hi, I’m Becka.
Talking about fabric design, teaching, and the life and business of being an artist.
Teaching online and in person classes in embroidery, handcrafts, technology, fabric design and artist business skills. Co-author of The Spoonflower Handbook.
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