Marbling in its many forms, on furniture paper s and fabrics is very popular at the moment. The easiest way to marble is to float oil paint on water as oil and water don't mix. I did this in my previous marbled cards project. This is great if you are marbling paper but it isn't… Continue reading Three super stylish marbled fabric projects
Recently whilst rummaging around looking for decoupage materials I came across an old copy of Woman’s Realm, that I had previously found under some floorboards in my old house. As mid century modern shows are so popular, See the comments at the bottom of this post, I thought I’d post this original advice from way… Continue reading Complete course in Colour Planning By Ann Lennox from Woman’s Own September 4th 1971
How to create patterns using bleach Ok so we’ve all done it, been cleaning a work surface and inadvertently brushed up against it and ended up with a bleach blob on a much loved garment. This got me thinking about using bleach in a positive way. I dyed some cotton bags in Jeans blue dye… Continue reading Bleached Out – How to decorate fabric using bleach
Have you noticed that most of the high street shops, including supermarkets such as Asda and Sainsburys are full of gorgeous, what appears to be china, but is in fact Melamine. I was so curious as to why this could be, that I sent out a questionnaire to some of the buyers and designers. The… Continue reading Why has Melamine suddenly become so desirable?
35 beautiful projects to transform yourbooks-create cards, display scenes, decorations, gifts and more. I have been fascinated by book art since it first appeared on the scene about fifteen years ago. In those days it was more a technique used by artists but in the last few years it has become very popular in the… Continue reading ‘Folded Book Art’ by Clare Youngs, Book Review
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