I am SO thrilled with these new batiks! Heather figured out that using mostly bees wax comes off better when you boil it, so with that, I made my first batiks with new shirts. They turned out beautiful!
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We have all been working on new designs lately. Some of them are really neat! And some of them, well, didn't turn out so well. I got a book from my dad on symbols, and we have been looking through there and marking the symbols we think would make good batiks. Then we just wax them out!
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And here is one I made just for Cyan. She loves it... but she doesn't love the camera so much today... so the back is the only pic I got. It has the best design on it anyhow. ;)
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You need to make clothing again! Start an etsy shop lady! JH needs cool clothing like this :) Think I can convince Pete to move across the country!?
Oh wouldn't I love it if you would move across the country to sew with me. ;) So much... You'd be well fed. Promise!
I have thought about making clothes again. I really have... but at this point, the overhead is a lot (cuz mostly I'd be starting over), I don't own a coverstitch machine, and my serger is broken. That along with two kids and enough food preservation to keep me going for a year... and I think I'll have to pass. At least for a little while.
Love Val
PS The washclothes sound perfect! I can't wait to see them. I am horrid about getting things in the mail (like really bad, another reason why I don't sell clothes) and so your package is still sitting next to me on the desk. Sigh... but it will be to you sometime before the first frost.
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