Brooke Ali Fibre Arts Blog

History of Lavender Sachets
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History of Lavender Sachets

Who doesn’t like a whiff of a lovely smell in their home or on their clothes? While products like Febreeze and Downy Unstoppables are new, bringing the fresh scents of the outdoor indoors is as old as, well, the indoors itself.

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Online Courses Coming!
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Online Courses Coming!

I’m excited to announce that I am producing a series of online courses for my website! Find out what my first course project will be.

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Using AR to Transfer Embroidery Patterns
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Using AR to Transfer Embroidery Patterns

There are many ways to transfer an image to fabric for embroidery. The most common way is to draw or print the image on paper and trace it using a lightbox (or even a window). But my pieces are often larger than a standard 8 1/2 x 11 piece of printer paper, so this method wouldn't work for me (unless I printed it out in sections and taped them together, which is just extra work). So I've come up with a better way.

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Studio Tour!
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Studio Tour!

As an emerging artist, I'm not yet at the stage in my career where I can afford a dedicated studio in some hip artist loft in downtown Toronto. Instead, I'm a 43 year old mom who has had to carve out some work space in my house. Here's how it's going.

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