Anne Mitchell is a regular contributor to Embellish magazine. Here she has some information relevant to many of her Embellish dyeing/painting fabric projects. Working with Salt (Sodium Chloride - NaCl): TABLE SALT / ROCK SALT / COOKING SALT / SALT FLAKES / PINK SALT / OTHER EXOTIC...
We've all had it happen to some degree. There you are, sailing along beautifully creating away, or perhaps you are like a maniac as you create, and you hit it. A wall. Further to the article in Embellish issue 43 about what you can do when...
After creating the Seahorse Button and Bead Art artwork in Embellish issue 41, Lynda's friends were adamant that she needed to show people how she had framed up her fabric in the embroidery slate frame so that no pins were sticking into her as she...
Feeling up to a bit of a challenge and some fun at the same time? Bothwell International Highland SpinIN and Fibre Festival 2019 is looking for you to join in! The SpinIN is run every second year, and this year is celebrating its 40th birthday. It is...
Here's the second, and final part of the sew-along to create the Silk Circle project as seen in Embellish issue 36 - I hope you've been having fun so far! (Click HERE for Part 1) Let's start the stitching and embellishing ☺ With your sewing machine set...
It's the first part of the sew-along to create the Silk Circle project as seen in Embellish issue 36 - make sure you choose your own colours if blues are not you! Let's get into it and have some fun! Gather together your materials as per the...
We’ve held out as long as we could, but with postage charges again increasing for us, have had to re-evaluate our pricing. The good news is that we are not changing our base subscription rates for any of the magazines ☺. Postage to Asia will now be...
Anne Mitchell uses a special liquid colour, Liquid Radiance, in her ongoing projects for Embellish magazine and has some key points for you to remember when you are using them: “Excess is the enemy”: Because of the unique formulation of Liquid Radiance, it is vital to...
In my Editor's Notes for the September 2018 issue of Embellish (#35), I have a series of photos of a layered drawing I created a few years back - in keeping with the Farmyard theme of the issue ☺ - and a bit of fun! As...
Andrea Taylor takes us to a far away place in Embellish 34 after she discovered that there was a major quilt show, being held for the first time, in Fukuoka, capital of Kyushu, Japan, just half an hour drive from where her son and his...