Tape It UP!

Simon Says Monday Challenge is Tape it Up!  Love this topic, hehehe, since I sell Fabric Washi tape in my Etsy shop, here are a few favorite easy tape cards.

Alison Glass fabric washi at a diagonal and a few buttons, love rainbows

white washi pops off of colored cardstock

This bunting is made with washi tape, super simple just waiting for a perfect person to send it to.

More of my Fabric washi can be found on Etsy.

Thanks Christmas Washi

Hello!!  This is my first time on Simon Says Stamp!  I just got a new Gemini Crafter's Companion and I am excited to try my hand at making cute cards.  I must admit I have wanted to join the Challenges for some time, but then I see everyone else's awesome creations and feel well a little inadequate, but I really want to jump in and play, so here goes.

First let's talk about the Dies that I am cutting from my Gemini, I had no idea how delicate and awesome they are, and they cut out so well.  The Thanks on the left is just 1 paper cut, but I followed Jennifer McGuire Ink example of gluing several layers together (which is harder than she makes it look) and the Thanks on the right is 4 layers!  It looks so different from the 1 layer.

The first one is using the diecut Thanks along with some Diecut Fabric Washi trees, that I sell in my Etsy shop.

I sell red fabric washi Christmas trees in my shop as well.

For my second card I wanted to experiment with the Thanks and used the Nuvo Aqua Shimmer and Ranger Glossy Accents, this technique is something I will need to work on, hehe.

This is also using fabric washi from my shop I was inspired by a Christmas pillow I saw on Pinterest.

Christmas Present Pillow

Linking to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, I hope it works.

Coral Pantone Quilt Challenge 2019

It has been ages since I did a Pantone Quilt Challenge, but I just love Coral color and couldn't help myself from making a little Pillow present for my daughter's birthday, her DREAM PILLOW.

This pillow measure's 18" squared

I used a lot of fun fabrics

Mermaids

Narwhals

And Unicorns

The DREAM and the solid on the Flange is from Tula Pink's solids the other pink solid used in the curved piecing is Kona's Flamingo :)

Lots of Art Gallery fabrics were used along with several prints from Amy Sinibaldi "Paperie" collection, some Sarah Jane "Magic" pieces and several prints from Cotton and Steel Rifle Paper Company "Les Fleurs" collection

The piecing was sewn with Aurifil 2021 and I used Aurifil Brillo 739 for the gold accent on the stitching around the word DREAM and also for sewing down the flange binding technique that I love to use!

These Tula Pink Applique Scissors are a DREAM to work with, so easy to cut out the fabric with them.

Did I tell you it was my first time doing curved piecing, phew, it is a whole lot harder than I thought it would be, I am not a "pinner" but look at all of the pins I needed to use.

I will definitely try this technique again, but next time I will give myself some extra room to trim the blocks down, there wasn't much wiggle room with the original pattern.  Which is from the Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine, Issue Twelve, designer Julianna Gasiorowska of Sewing Under Rainbow blog. 

Linking my DREAM PILLOW to the 2019 Pantone Quilt Challenge over at Bryan House Quilts

18" squared

and I live in GREECE!

Washi tape Easter Eggs

You will find it so easy to decorate your Eggs this Easter with
 Washi Tape.

First boil the eggs to the proper hardness, I boil mine for 12 minutes, getting the water to a boil and then turning it down to a simmer for 12 minutes.

Next-  Dye some of them with Red Cabbage, that's right,
Red Cabbage!

Red cabbage will dye your eggs a beautiful shade of blue.  Shred 2 cups of cabbage, place in a saucepan and add enough water to submerge cabbage.  Bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes.  Let cool, for every 1 cup of dye add 1 TBSP of vinegar. Gently add eggs to dye solution.  Put in refrigerator over night or until you get your desired color.  It can take up to 24 hours or up to 36 hours for darker eggs, the eggs that didn't turn out very well are the one's that I covered with Fabric Washi Tape :)

Tiled Washi Tape Egg

Cut washi strips into 1/4" by 1/2"and stack along like you would when tiling a wall.

Easy Thin strip Criss-Cross Washi Tape Egg 

Slice the washi strips at 1/4"and wrap around the egg, you can do it a couple of times,

or just twice to give it a "Cross"shape, like the one below

(this little egg had a crack right down the middle, covering it with washi was a perfect solution)

Triangle slices Washi Taped Eggs

The above egg was made with just 1 color, the washi is 1/2" wide and cut at a 30 degree angle and then straight and then again at a 30 degree angle and etc.

The rainbow version below was made with 1/4" wide fabric washi strips and cut at 30 degree angles and then again at a 30 degree angle and then repeat..... making mini triangles

I have used Fabric Washi for all of these eggs, I sell this Handmade fabric washi in my Etsy Shop.

Are you going to decorate your Easter Eggs with some Washi tape?

What design styles and shapes will you make?