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Tutorial: Leaf printing with Bleach
I had kind of a quiet weekend and decided that was a great excuse to play with something fun. My sister sent me a TikTok video of someone printing leaves on a sweatshirt with bleach. It was more a “performance” than really a tutorial, so I used what I know about discharge or bleach dyeing and made myself a shirt. I walked over the nearby craft store and got a couple of cotton t-shirts in nice autumn colors. On the way back, I collected a big handful of maple leaves. I pressed these under a heavy book while I ate [read more…]
Making Business Cards Fun
I ran out of business cards the other day and I wanted to do a little something fun before I reprinted them. I don’t know how much people use business cards these days, but I do! I always include one in Etsy orders and people often pick them up when I do in-person shows. The back of my cards has always been blank.
Back when I did more shows where I was selling wearable pieces, I used to put a sticker on the back with care instructions for a piece and I pinned the business card to each one to act [read more…]
My friend Anda
Way back in 2005, when Etsy was a brand new baby website, there were a handful of Etsy staff members and just thousands (not millions) of sellers. One of those staff members was Anda Corrie. I met her in the Etsy forums because she was in charge of Seller programs and I was a new and enthusiastic seller. Occasionally, you will still see an error message on the Etsy site that pops up with Anda’s hand drawn art work on it.
Anda passed away this week. Stupid cancer.
Anda and I crossed paths dozens [read more…]
An Artist in Search of an Art Center
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In the past little over a year I have lost three non profit arts organizations that were important to me. Two are shuttered and the other has changed their programming so much that I no longer have a place to be as a member. I was feeling a little down one afternoon and I gradually figured out this had been on my mind. I’m a girl without an art center. I’ve said this kind of jokingly before, but as I drove by the former-art-center-now-a-medical-facility today it [read more…]
Hi, I’m Becka.
Talking about fabric design, Spoonflower, 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.
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