Last week, I showed you some results from my first experience dyeing Radiance, a 50/50 cotton/silk blend. I have a client who is making a stole for her pastor, inspired by the stained glass in their church. She wanted deep, glistening colors, similar to the colors in the glass, and a light green background color,…
This just in…the next season of Quilting Arts TV is available on DVD! You can read all about the fun I had taping segments of this last August here, here, and here. In episode 901, I show people how I make some botanical sketch pillows inspired by floral buttons, (using the WORLDS BIGGEST RULER) and…
Are you familiar with Radiance? It’s a fabric that is 50% silk and 50% cotton, and Kaufman now makes a PFD version of it. I’ve got a customer who wants some bright silky fabric, but was worried that working with 100% silk would be too difficult, as she’s working with some very small pieces. I…
Re-reading my beginning of the year posts from last year makes me laugh – meaning that I could say almost the same thing this year! In short, I had a great year. I’m working towards figuring out what I like to do, and what I don’t like to do, when it comes to moving forward…
Happy New Year! I hope you had a lovely time ringing in the new year. We had a quiet night at home, playing trivial pursuit and watching a movie. I find that low key New Year’s Eve celebrations are just what we need to recover from the craziness of the Christmas season. While thinking about…
One other commission I had to complete before Christmas was a convertible clutch. A family had visited me in my booth at a show this Fall and the Mom really loved my clutches, but they were a bit too short to fit an epi-pen she has to carry everywhere because the little boy is very…
Someone emailed me about a month ago, asking if I could dye an ikea footstool cover…turquoise and orange. I’ve dyed Ikea slipcovers before, but only a single color. This is the footstool cover she sent me: it’s for their “Ektorp” line, and is 100% cotton, and comes in two pieces. The two pieces makes it…
Now that all the presents have been safely given, I can show you what I made for my Candy Claus list! I made a couple of botanical sketch pillows, one for my Mom (to complete the set of 3 of pillows I made for a Quilting Arts TV segment last summer, I gave them to…
I hope that if you do celebrate Christmas you had a wonderful day yesterday! We sure did. It was just the four of us, and I’m afraid that I didn’t get very good pictures this year. But we all had a grand time! Logan, at 10 years old, was able to hold off the pre-Christmas…
I’ve got a mound of wrapping to do, but I wanted to take a moment to say thanks so much for being here with me. The support I get from all you lovely folks is awesome, you are all inspirational for me! And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, I’d like to wish you Peace and…
My name is Candy Glendening...and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
My name is Candy Glendening,and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
