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Having a bad day? Even if you start your day off badly, it doesn’t have to ruin your whole day. This article will put a little perspective on things.
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Did you know that there are other types of stitches you can use when doing free motion quilting?
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Be inspired by these beautiful photos. Look closely … what catches your eye? The colors? The shapes? A pattern, or perhaps a simple line? Inspiration can come from the unlikeliest of places.
Photos courtesy www.visipix.com
By Steve Gillman
To increase creativity, you need to do two things. First, you need to encourage it. Second, you need to train your brain. Start on both of these right now, and you can experience greater creativity today.
Encourage creativity and you’ll increase creativity. This is true of most things you want to see more of in your life. Encouragement can work wonders. How do you encourage creativity, though?
First, by paying attention to it. Your subconscious mind tends to give you more of what you pay attention to. If you ignore the creative aspects of your life, you are telling your subconscious that they are unimportant. If you consciously note when you are creative, and you look for opportunities to be creative, your subconscious mind will start feeding you more creative ideas. Look for it and you’ll find more of it.
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Everyone needs a creative nudge once in a while. Visit InnovationTools for a whole swag of free creative thinking tools.
My favorite is the Creative Eyewire Cards – a great resource for times when you’re feeling blocked.
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Machine Needle Felting: Using Layers
21 Jul | Posted in Machine Needle Felting, Tutorials | By LindaMWhen doing machine needle felting, consider layering your fabrics before needle felting for some awesome results.
Red organza/lace …
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Every quilt artist should have a design wall in order to test and preview fabrics and design components before sewing them together. Using a design wall to preview your choices alleviates a lot of unnecessary “unstitching”. Whether it’s a permanent or temporary fixture however will very much depend on the size of your sewing studio.
This great article by BellaOnline shows you how to make an easy and inexpensive portable design wall which can be put up and taken down at a moments notice.
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For anyone interested in image transfer and collage, go take a look at Collage Images, a great Flickr Group set up for sharing of images.
You will need to join the group to view the images, but once joined up you can submit your own images to the pool or simply download and use the images that are available. And as always, be mindful of the copyright.
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Always wanted to design a quilt of your very own but didn’t know where to start?
Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust provides you with ten innovative approaches to designing art quilts.
From beginner to advanced, the explorations will help you create a design and then turn the design into a pattern. The best part is you can apply these techniques to your own personal style of quilting which is a great way to explore innovative new concepts.
A great book and highly recommended.
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Fabric beads are easy to make and are a great way to use up all those small scraps of fabric, fiber and other assorted leftovers.
You can use any type of fabric to make your beads however if you are using plain colored or tone-on-tone colored fabric, consider adding some decorative stitching or free motion stitching for added interest.
