01/28/2026
I have been asked to teach a fabric painting class. I decided I would start with tote bags. Practicing on this particular fabric before I taught the class was important to me. I have yet to come up with the complete project and have been mulling it over. I will get there and hopefully be a teacher everyone likes vs the one they want to throw eggs at! ;-)
The last time I taught a class was when I retired from competitive figure skating at 16. I was an instructor for beginning classes and loved it.
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When I envision a project, sometimes it does not come out as planned. This tote bag started out to be a floral design hand painted directly on a tote bag. Once done, I stared at what I had done and did not like it. Boo. So, I decided to start over, sort of. I cut out the flowers that had already been painted and grabbed another tote bag. I painted a blue background and embroidered the original flowers on top. Although it was not what I had originally planned, I really like it. I hope you do too!
This bag is available in my Etsy store! https://www.etsy.com/shop/SurvivorChicClothing Please check it out!