2 Sew Textiles

Choosing the Right Fabric Marking Pen: Blue, Pink, Purple & White Explained If you’ve ever reached for a fabric marking pen and then hesitated — Will this wash out? Will it disappear too soon? Will I still see it tomorrow? — you’re not alone. Not all fabric marking pens behave the same way, even when they look similar. Below is a practical guide to the Chaco / Adger water-erasable and Chaco Ace pens…

Choosing the Right Fabric Marking Pen: Blue, Pink, Purple & White Explained

If you’ve ever reached for a fabric marking pen and then hesitated — Will this wash out? Will it disappear too soon? Will I still see it tomorrow? — you’re not alone. Not all fabric marking pens behave the same way, even…

Tints + Tones + Shades WHICH IS WHICH? Colour is one of the most powerful tools we have as makers. It sets mood, creates contrast, builds depth, and guides the viewer’s eye. Yet three of the most commonly used colour terms — tint, tone, and shade — are often confused or used interchangeably. This post breaks them down clearly and visually, using a custom colour wheel to show exactly how each one works and how you can use them intentionally in your creative practice.

Tints + Tones + Shades

WHICH IS WHICH? Colour is one of the most powerful tools we have as makers. It sets mood, creates contrast, builds depth, and guides the viewer’s eye. Yet three of the most commonly used colour terms — tint, tone, and shade — are often confused or used interchangeably. This…

Printing on Fabric at Home: Conditioner, Vinegar & Modern Alternatives If you’ve been making textile art for a while, chances are you’ve heard (or used) a wonderfully low‑tech trick: treating cotton fabric with hair conditioner before running it through a domestic inkjet printer. It sounds improbable, but for many artists — particularly in Australia and New Zealand — it genuinely worked. Before commercially prepared inkjet fabrics were readily available, textile artists shared studio wisdom, tested household products, and adapted whatever tools they had on hand.

Printing on Fabric at Home: Conditioner, Vinegar & Modern Alternatives

If you’ve been making textile art for a while, chances are you’ve heard (or used) a wonderfully low‑tech trick: treating cotton fabric with hair conditioner before running it through a domestic inkjet printer. It sounds…

Tools: Patchwork Pattern Maker Tools: Patchwork Pattern Maker. Here is a great little tool that takes your photos and changes them into patchwork and crosstitch patterns.  You can upload a photo, then select the complexity, colour range, and size you like.  Then this great little app will turn it into a graph like pattern with squares and 1/2 square triangles.  Here is the resulting pattern after putting the above photo through the program!

Tools: Patchwork Pattern Maker

Tools: Patchwork Pattern Maker. Here is a great little tool that takes your photos and changes them into patchwork and crosstitch patterns.  You can upload a photo, then select the complexity, colour range, and size you like.  Then this great little app will turn it…

🌈 About Brenda Wood Brenda Wood is a textile artist, colour enthusiast, and founder of 2 Sew Textiles — home of Art Quilt Supplies, an online store dedicated to inspiring quilters and textile artists with beautiful materials and creative challenges. Her work celebrates the intersection of art, design, and storytelling through fabric. Whether she’s dyeing cloth, painting with thread, or piecing vibrant modern quilts, Brenda’s approach is playful yet purposeful — guided by a deep curiosity for texture, pattern, and the natural world.

🌈 About Brenda Wood

Brenda Wood is a textile artist, colour enthusiast, and founder of 2 Sew Textiles — home of Art Quilt Supplies, an online store dedicated to inspiring quilters and textile artists with beautiful materials and creative challenges. Her work celebrates the intersection of art,…

The Rainbow Stash Buster Project — A Collective Colour Journey The Rainbow Stash Buster Project 2024 brought together 26 members — 23 contributing artists — from across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, in a year-long exploration of colour, creativity, and connection. Over the course of 12 months, makers responded to a “lucky dip” draw of two colours and an optional word prompt, creating more than…

The Rainbow Stash Buster Project — A Collective Colour Journey

The Rainbow Stash Buster Project 2024 brought together 26 members — 23 contributing artists — from across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, in a year-long exploration of colour, creativity, and…

Rainbow Stash Buster Takes Flight: Exhibiting at AQC & Beyond When the Rainbow Stash Buster challenge wrapped up behind the scenes, we knew the real magic would be seeing the two-colour 8″ squares come alive in real space. What better way than to bring the collection to life in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane — offering everyone a chance to experience the colour wash, texture, and individuality of each maker’s journey.

Rainbow Stash Buster Takes Flight: Exhibiting at AQC & Beyond

When the Rainbow Stash Buster challenge wrapped up behind the scenes, we knew the real magic would be seeing the two-colour 8″ squares come alive in real space. What better way than to bring the collection to life in Melbourne, Sydney…

Got a basket full of fabric strips you can’t bear to throw out? ✂️
Turn them into colourful, textured fabric with this fun technique: Scrap Stitching!
Learn how 👉 www.addicted2fabric.com

#ScrapStitching #QuiltTips #ArtQuiltSupplies

Thanks so much Dandylion.

Last years Rainbow Stash challenge so far… this was blue and green using Lyra water colour pastels

Last years Rainbow Stash challenge so far… this was blue and green using sari strips

Last years Rainbow Stash challenge so far… this was another and green using paper serviettes

Last years Rainbow Stash challenge so far… this was yellow and green

Last years Rainbow Stash challenge so far… this was pink and green

FABRIC BEADS - Colours of India TextileTravel adventures in India with Creative Art Safaris and Gillian Travis

#creativeartsafaris #gilliantravis #2sewtextiles #india #travel #textiletour #gtin25

Colours of India TextileTravel adventures in India with Creative Art Safaris and Gillian Travis

#creativeartsafaris #gilliantravis #2sewtextiles #india #travel #textiletour #gtin25

Colours of India TextileTravel adventures in India with Creative Art Safaris and Gillian Travis

#creativeartsafaris #gilliantravis #2sewtextiles #india #travel #textiletour #gtin25

Colours of India TextileTravel adventures in India with Creative Art Safaris and Gillian Travis

#creativeartsafaris #gilliantravis #2sewtextiles #india #travel #textiletour #gtin25

Thank you… much appreciated

Last years project - 2 colours a month.. this is pink and green…
(with black and white allowed)
Part of my bird series

#textileart #2sew #2sewtextiles #bunny #artquilt #rainbowstashchallenge #rainbowstashbuster

Don’t you just love going to the paint store..,

#textileart #2sew #2sewtextiles #tula #bunny #artquilt #quiltsky

I must have been going through a bunny phase!

A little postcard for a swap over Christmas

#textileart #2sew #2sewtextiles #tula #bunny #artquilt #quiltsky

Just posting this because I am unorganised and on the wrong device and don’t have anything else to post ..

Hahahaha

Me doing an online craft sales event.. a little while back..

I concur… art please !

And I’ve also just looked at the account of “willow the cat…” and can’t understand why that account has 34K follows.. and huge reshares

But at least it’s better than politics or religion !

Don’t you just hate it when..

#pink #bunny #textileart #2Sew #rainbowstashchallenge

Emily was very grown up, being 4 and a half was a very important age. Her rabbit , Mr Flopsy thought so too. She adored him as much as she loved twirling in her lacy pink tutu!

January ✔️
Our first month in our new subscription

#2sewtextiles #artquiltsupplies #rainbowstashchallenge

The amazing proportions and symmetry of mathematics and of course.. Mother Nature…

Another new creative has joined !
Yay

A monthly textile art subscription…

Many people are practicing getting mad on social media. Others are practicing the fine art of noticing how they have been wronged. Still more have mastered the craft of making plans (but never following through).

But, of course, it doesn't have to be that way.

What are you practicing?

You get better at what you practice.
Everything is practice.
Look around and you may be surprised by what people are “practicing" each day. If you consider each moment a repetition, what are most people training for all day long?