Home at last!
Thank you to all my Expo helpers. We finally made it home-safe and sound. Now for a good nights sleep. Tomorrow, I start steaming my...
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Evette Allerdings
- Mar 5
- 1 min
Sewing & Stitchery classes completed!
I had a great time teaching at the Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, WA. Todays class was a lecture/demo. It was my first time wearing...
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Evette Allerdings
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Steaming with a pressure canner
For those of you who want to know how I steam in a pressure canner, this is how.... I use a 3 1/2" tall steaming rack at the bottom of...
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Evette Allerdings
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Grover Gallery
Grover Gallery in Port Townsend is having an exhibition of their teaching artists until 3/26. They sent me a picture. Wow, it looks so...
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Evette Allerdings
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Fun at the Sewing & Stitchery Expo
Look at one my students work. She took a 4 hour ckass, and we had time to paint 2. I can't wait to steam it and get it back to her!!!
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Evette Allerdings
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Social Media is something I need to embrace.
I am thankful to the Brittany from the Sewing & Stitchery Expo for creating this picture for Social Media. I usually don't take pictures...
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Evette Allerdings
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Had a great time at my first class!
I had a great time teaching silk painting for the first time last Tuesday. Everyone painted what inspired them. What a talented group....
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Evette Allerdings
- Jan 8
- 1 min
Look What Came in the Mail Yesterday!
The flyer from the Sewing & Stitchery expo came in the mail yesterday. Look who is the first instructor on the flyer. Me! I guess...
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Evette Allerdings
- Jan 7
- 1 min
Peninsula Fiber Artists-Front page above the fold!
The Fiber Arts group that I am in, made the front page of my local Newspaper! Yay. The theme for our window is: "Working in a Series". It...
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Evette Allerdings
- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
Happy New Year!
This is my last video post for 2022. Looking forward to what 2023 brings. There is still room in my up coming classes at Northwind Art...
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Evette Allerdings
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
Poppy painting from this summer
I found a series of pictures I took when I was painting a poppy from my garden. I usually start flower paintings from the middle, then...
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Evette Allerdings
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Stretching
I am experimenting with posting "how to" videos. This is how I stretch my silk on a frame.
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Evette Allerdings
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
A short video of my painting in progress
Hi All, I a peek at my painting process. I will continue to update as I finish this cone flower.
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Evette Allerdings
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
Snowing!
We had a lot of snow this week. This is a view outside my front door. I am busy tidying up my house for Christmas. My daughter and her...
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Evette Allerdings
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
Fun at Northwind Art School
I took a Linoleum Print Card class at Northwind Art School yesterday. I had so much fun. I was taught how to do this back in my college...
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Evette Allerdings
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Working with layers
Playing around with layering silk paintings. This is something small I am working on for a holiday gift exchange. Two layers of painted...
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Evette Allerdings
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Teaching in 2023!
I just got word that I will be teaching at the Sewing & Stitchery Expo! Class #1-Silk painting 2 ways-Resist or No Resist, at 4 hour...
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Evette Allerdings
- Nov 22, 2022
- 1 min
Something whimsical in 3 hours
I am teaching 2 classes at the Northwind Art School located at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA in 2023. Silk Painting using Antifusant...
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Evette Allerdings
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
A Color Chart At Last!
My original color chart I did years ago was random, to small, sprinkled with errors. I finally made a new H DuPont Silk Dye color...
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