by martita | Mar 18, 2025 | Fabric Art Techniques
People often wonder how animal fur can be created from fabric. They believe there is no way a flat piece of material with a simple design can transform itself into the soft fluff of a cat’s tail or the thickness of chest hair of a Retriever. While this month’s blog is...
by martita | Apr 7, 2023 | Fabric Art Techniques
From their reference photos to the final pet pillow or wall hanging, a pack of fabric dogs made their way in and out of my studio recently. This group of canine portraits and memorials graced my design wall. I’m pleased to report they all were on their best behavior,...
by martita | Feb 23, 2023 | Fabric Art Techniques
There has been a clowder of fabric pet portraits and pet memorials on my design wall this fall/winter. What’s a clowder? Clowder: a group of cats. Over the 16 years that I have created custom pet portraits and memorials, the overwhelming number of customer requests...
by martita | May 31, 2022 | Fabric Art Techniques
In January of this year I enrolled in a 5 day on-line animal portrait class with Susan Carlson, an amazing fabric collage artist. Besides being in awe of her artwork over all these years, I wanted to stretch myself as an artist by learning a new fabric collage...
by martita | Oct 7, 2021 | Fabric Art Techniques
One of the most difficult things for people to do is to choose the exact photograph that they would like made into a pet portrait or pet memorial by me. At art shows and craft fairs, folks pull out their phones and scroll through endless photos, while sharing with me...
by martita | Aug 4, 2021 | Fabric Art Techniques, Pet Loss
“Good morning! I was looking for a class to take with my mother-in-law… in early March and didn’t know if you were offering one?! It’s her birthday and it’s been some time since both of us have dusted off our machines.” Back in...
