hand painted fabric -fabric friday

The sun is shining today so I got all these done this morning :D

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Landscape Quilting

Back in 2012 I did a number of posts on creating different backgrounds for landscape quilts.

I recently got around to completing one of those backgrounds.

As you can see I didn't restrict myself to just thread to get the look I was after, using water soluble crayons to add some finishing touches.

Don't fence me in...

Thank you for the comments on my last post. I discovered I am not the only one that has a thing about fences. I have done a few like this, even though there are none like this along my bit of coastline.

Landscape Backgrounds continued

I have been meaning to post about the stitching that I added to the backgrounds for days. Every time I sat down to do it I realized that there was one I had not taken a photo of. I would then get distracted by something else. Finally got my scatty brain into action!

The pictures speak for themselves. Lots of easy straight line stitching. The colour and the choice of thread do the work.

I did change the stitch size on this one. Making it bigger as I moved towards the foreground, to try and portray some depth. Not sure if it works or not.
Next time, the focus of each piece.
What would you put on these backgrounds?

Landscape Background Options

Using the Fabric Scrap Rolls that I showed you in my previous post, here are the backgrounds I have created.
The Seascape above was done by tearing the strips of fabric into roughly 1/2 inch and heat setting them onto the surface of a fusible wadding/batting. The edges are deliberately left raw.

I took the green fabrics and ironed them to a fusible and cut them into roughly 2 inch squares. Along with some blue squares I made the scene below.

Countryside

Hillside

Hillside was made by cutting up the leftover square from Countryside into smaller pieces and changing the aspect from landscape to portrait.

Beach Scene

Finally I pieced together some strips for the beach scene.
All of the above were done with two rolls of blue, one green and one yellow.
You could try this with any blue, green, and yellow scraps, or you could get some of your own hand painted rolls here or here :)
Next time I will show you how I stitched them.

Wouldn't you know....

...that the sun would start shining  now that the summer holidays are officially over!
As you can see, from the shadows on my deck this morning, the sun is out!

I have just listed these Fabric Scrap Rolls in my shops (links in my side bar).
Next time I will explore some ways of using these to create some small landscape quilts.

The basket was made by my friend Clare.

Alternative Backgrounds Tutorial

My previous post showed how to put together a Poppy Field. Here I want to share with you some ideas for creating a similar background but in a variety of different ways.

                

At first glance this background might look the same as the one in my first post on this topic but this was made without a pattern and just put together by eye. Not difficult to do, but my tip would be to go for a straight horizontal line to start to denote the horizon. After that anything goes!

                                              

I have quilted this piece in straight lines in matching threads, back and forth before adding any flowers.

For this next method I tore thin strips and stitched them row by row along their centre onto the a background.

The rough edges give it texture.

                                              

                                         

              

This background continues with ripping and stripping, but once the fabrics are placed on the background they are covered in a sheer layer and then machined down into place.

                 

                 

Lots of pictures but you get the drift and below is the finished background.

                                              

And finally small straight strips, a few of each colour, will result in this.

  

I hope this has given you a few new ideas. Next time I will look at different ways to add flowers.