Although I haven’t done any Christmas crafting or sewing yet, I thought I’d share my Christmas type tutorials here again if you’re getting in that Christmas groove.  Who knows, maybe you’re already done with your Christmas crafting?  After all, there’s only 18 days before Christmas…

                                                               

Source: sometimescrafter.blogspot.com via Anna on Pinterest

Thanks for reading everyone, I will be making something new soon, I’ve taken a long break, longer that I ever though I would or could. So it’ll be nice to get back into the swing of making. Your comments, support, and friendships mean so much to me.  Thank you.

I was lucky enough to enter myself into Leslie’s (Maze & Vale) hand printed fabric swap a month or so ago now.  Lucky, yes.  So far the two pieces of fabric I’ve received are just incredible.  Seriously, somebody has to get them a fabric deal, like now.  There’s something so awesome about hand printed fabric though, I love it’s qualities.  Modern, clean, natural are all words that I think of when I see hand printed fabric.  This is my loot so far:

So here I am in my own little corner of the world hoping I’ll be able to come up with a cool enough design to make my swap partners happy, man, it’ll be tough though.  Good thing I’ve got my gear all lined up and ready to go:

And if you’re thinking about printing some of your own fabric I definitely recommend Printing by Hand by Lena Corwin.

Oh, and here’s a little roundup of techniques that Leslie had, too.  She shares some really great examples of what others have done using each technique:
screenprinting (multiple color)
screenprinting
stamps & leaf printing
blockprinting
potato prints

And I won’t forget to show off this little prize that Jesse sent with her package, I almost bought some from her etsy shop too.  I’ll be saving this for something special.