Posted By: Alyx on December 15th, 2011

This week I’ve been playing around with the Double Combination 8 Division. It’s the latest in my series of combination division tutorials which can be found over on the Combination Divisions Page.
Over at temarikai.com they have printable diagrams of the various types of divisions. They are especially helpful in brainstorming new designs. For
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Posted By: Alyx on November 30th, 2011

Recently I’ve added a new tutorial page to the site, Combination Divisions. One of the new divisions I’ve posted is the Combination 10 Division. I’ve been obsessed with this division for the past few weeks. There are so many cool designs that can be done using a combo 10. My new
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Posted By: Alyx on November 9th, 2011

It was a gloomy rainy weekend and I was feeling a bit low, so in an attempt to cheer myself up I made this ornament.
This ornament was quite simple to make. I used a compass to achieve a nice clean circle for the sun and nice clean arcs for the rainbow. Otherwise is
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Posted By: Alyx on October 9th, 2011
This ornament is time consuming but straight forward and not too difficult for a skilled kimekomi artist.
I start out with a True Combination 8. You can learn how to draw a true combo 8 on the Combination Divisions page.
Once you’ve drawn your lines you can easily make a batting cutting pattern with some tracing
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Posted By: Alyx on September 4th, 2011
I love the fat quarter bins at my local craft store. Sometimes when I’m having a creative block, all I have to do is go browse the bins to find inspiration. I was lucky to find several colors of satin and a few different types of tulle recently. My favorite is the
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