~ Punch Needle Fusion Video Tutorial ~

Happy Monday evening 

Friends & Folk!

here is the little vid. tut. as promised:

enjoy!

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori

~ Frying Pan Dyeing Class ~

 ok, so I will tell you first off...

don't be fooled by these beautiful, smiling faces:

they are trouble.

with a capital T.

& I'll prove it further down in this posting....

l - r ~ Robin, Heather, Joan, Jonette and Nancy

 the class began with us heating up the frying pans...

do you remember these? 

I am fortunate to have had my mom & sisters be on the look out for them 

and they found three of them for me.

{thankyouverymuch}

 so we added wool that we wanted to dye,

and each frying pan was to be for a different technique...

"No Dye" method of transferring color from one wool to another, with the wool being rolled up like a sushi-roll.

 and: 

Dying with Cushing's Acid Dyes ~ using the "Scrunch & Sprinkle" method...

and ~

Dyeing our wools with Onion Skins.

 After the wool simmered and the vinegar mordant was poured in...

we set about hooking and stitching for a while...

and we made a video too: 

 https://www.facebook.com/lori.brechlin/videos/10212422743149590/ 

AND THAT"S WHERE THE TROUBLE started!

{view the video and you'll see what I have to put up with}

after the wool was finished soaking up the mordant, 

we hung it outside to dry...

everyone's wool looked so very different from what it started out being!

Nancy looking at her wool...

 see this face below?

yeah, she's a badass.

she's one tough cookie {eater} that you don't want to mess with.

uh huh.

I love a hooker with an attitude!

I wanted to get us all together in front of our wools for a picture ~

the weather was so pretty!

so here we are...

 

 and these are the 'out-takes' ~

look closely and you'll see the shenanigans going on behind me without my knowledge....

Class Clown Nancy

Trouble-maker Robin

 I'm figuring things out now, by the snickering around me...

Notice Joan, Jonette & Heather....

how very innocent {not!}

 oh well, 

that's what I love about them!

here is our beautiful wool...

so pretty, no?

 crazy things happen in the dye-pot

{and at a dyeing class }

;)

 

~♡~

Thank you girls,

for being the fun-loving friends you are...

lets do this again soon!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

Friday Musings ~

Good Morning Folks!

heading out to the Farm Shop in a little while ~

our regular hours today & tomorrow are 10:00 till 3:00…

If you're in the neighborhood, come on out & see me!

The auctions for my sliding needle boxes are ending in a couple of hours ~

here is the link for your bidding pleasure:

http://www.ebay.com/usr/notforgottenfarmprimitives

here is the inspiration behind all of my little sheep-folk that I create ~

our boy Bobby…

isn't he sweet?

OH, and ~

I want to thank everyone for putting up with my craziness on my new videos ~

I have no idea how to do a video, so what you're seeing is me 

& simply me being me.

...doing 'me' things.

I don't script anything, just talk to you like I do here when I type.

I want you to feel as though you are here with me {because you are!}

and want you to be comfortable with me ~ and hopefully learn things...

so, yeah ~

thank you :)

hoping you have a beautiful day filled with sunshine & stitches!!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori

yeah, so…..

here ya go….see what happens when you ask?

be very careful what you ask for….

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori