

Sharpie dyed inkle project
When Wood and I went on a trip recently, one of our stops was Solvang, California. It’s a cute town with a history of Danish settlers,...


Sharpie Marker Sweatshirt
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have used Sharpie (alcohol) markers in coloring fabric surfaces. (see these links:...


Experiments with Kraft-Tex
To make everything clear, this is NOT a sponsored post. A while ago a friend suggested that I try a new (to me) product for some of my...


Sharpie review - 5 projects
Wow, getting into the New Year was rough. We were sick in December. Then the holidays made our life/schedule kind of crazy with time off...


Shirt apron - the Ocean
It all started with making an apron from the front of a discarded white men’s dress shirt. After I finished that project I had plenty of...


Upcycled shirt apron
When I was growing up my parents had some money problems. We weren't poor, per se, but money wasn't plentiful. Partly because of that,...


Update - November 2015
Life has a way of catching up to one from time to time. It caught up to me last week, so I only have a short blog entry for today. The...


Sharpie Marker Dyeing, Part 5
This episode concludes the series on dyeing with Sharpie Markers. I purchased fabric with printed black circles on a white background for...


Sharpie Marker Dyeing, Part 4
I am done referring to myself as the heroine of some TV show. On to more dyeing with Sharpie markers. In Alcohol / Sharpie Marker Dyeing...


Sharpie Marker Dyeing, Part 3
These are the continuing adventures in Sharpie marker dyeing. (Sorry, Star Trek.) When we last saw our heroine she had dyed fabric...


Alcohol / Sharpie Marker Dyeing, Part 2
A few months after visiting my friend, when we did the alcohol ink dyeing, I decided to try the process on my own. Our local office...


Alcohol / Sharpie Marker Dyeing, Part 1
Last year about this time I went to visit my fiber friend. We’ve been friends a long time and have a great time whenever we get together....