Friday, May 30, 2008
Dyeing Yarn Naturally with Herbs!
I've been taking a 4 month long class all about herbs! Its been amazing and this week we had to present our final project. Of course, i had to incorporate fiber, so i experimented with dyeing yarn naturally with herbs. The results were soo cute! Lots of luscious natural colors - all on wool yarn. I used dandelions, eucalyptus, elderberries, comfrey, nettles, hawthorn berries and madder. The dandelions and nettles were used fresh - the rest were dried, only the madder was a dye extract (you can see the difference!) It took a lot of herbs and time to achieve color - the dandelion one was done 3 times!! All of the yarns were mordanted with alum - the safest and least toxic mordant. These special skeins will be available at Fancy Tiger for a limited time. Enjoy!!
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Friday, May 16, 2008
New Needlefelting Kits! New Amy Butler patterns!
We have three new Fancy Tiger needle felting kits available! Now you can make a Robin Ball, Fox Ball, and Octopus Ball! You can buy them at Fancy Tiger, or here, if you live far away!
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We also just received an order of Amy Butler patterns which includes the new and adorable Birdie Sling bag and a laptop case pattern!
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See you soon!
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We also just received an order of Amy Butler patterns which includes the new and adorable Birdie Sling bag and a laptop case pattern!
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Oliver and S Trunk Show and Mother's Day Celebration!
Stop by Fancy Tiger Crafts this Saturday, May 10th from 12 - 3pm for an Oliver and S Trunk Show and free sewing projects for kids. There will be samples sewn up of the adorable babies and kids patterns from Oliver and S - done up in the neutral palette of Micheal Miller Organics fabrics. While you shop upstairs, we invite your kids to our sewing studio in the basement to make a secret sewn Mother's Day Gift - Free! Save 15% on all Oliver and S patterns and Michael Miller organics fabrics.
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Saturday, May 03, 2008
Adorable New Knitting Patterns!
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