Author Archives: Laura

Fusing 101 Online Class Opens

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Would you like to learn more about how to work with fusible web? Or are you a fusible web user that needs an etiquette refresher? Then I have the online class for you!

After decades of creating fused art quilts, I have made every mistake in the book! My online class, Fusing 101, helps you avoid those mistakes when working with fusible web. Learn from my experience and successfully create your fused art quilts without the tears and frustration. Learn how to make fused art quilts joyfully!

the online class is priced at only $6.99 and there are bonus items for you too like the coveted graduation certificate from the Chicago School of Fusing.

Learn more about my new online class Fusing 101: How to Work with Fusible Web to Create Art Quilts here!

What to Do with Your Loose Threads

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Need to clean up your studio? Have threads thrums or blobs of thread to get rid of?

Then why not use your loose threads to create a work of art! Here you see three silk baskets I’ve made. They are stitched by hand and machine using even more stray threads that were hanging around the studio.

The baskets are holding a decade’s worth of thread blobs. These blobs or thread ravels were collected after washing fabric I’ve dyed over the years. The couched threads on the baskets are short clips of thread I kept for some reason. So you see it was time to clean up my studio!

Thread Dyeing Today

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I’ve put it off long enough. Time to start a marathon of thread dyeing. Although it is chilly in my basement studio, the dye stock is mixed and the the formulas ready for a new batch of size 8 or size 12 pearl cotton threads. Here you see the Green Grass colorway in process.

Given some warmth, a few days of ruminating on the wonders of the dye process, and the thread will soon be washed out by hand. Creating hand-dyed thread takes time.