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Sheep Blossoms: Designing fabrics for Darn Knit Anyway
One of my favorite projects from 2024 was designing a set of fabrics for my local yarn shop friends Aimee & Carly at Darn Knit Anyway. The shop celebrated its 15th birthday last year and I’ve known them since before the shop was even a twinkle in their eyes. I thought it would be fun to talk a little bit about the process that goes on behind the scenes to make these fabrics come to life.
We started by talking about what the fabric should be. I gave them a list of adjectives so that we could kind of choose [read more…]
A Handmade Business Looking Back at 2024
I haven’t done an annual wrap up of my art practice in a few years and I thought it might be time. For the very first time in 2024, I sat down and wrote a spreadsheet of goals for my art business. I don’t know why I had never done it before but I thought it would be interesting to try it.
I participated in a webinar about goal setting with a group of other craft business owners and even though they recommended it, I didn’t assign numbers to anything, but instead made a list of things I would like to [read more…]
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…]
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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