hand painted fabric -fabric friday

hand painted fabric -fabric friday

One reason I love my Gelli Plate, is that left over paint from another project can be quickly turned into this within minutes.

Have a good weekend.

String block bound.

String block bound. Non quilters would be perplexed by that sentence, small though it is. 

It is not dead straight but not far off the 12 in square that it should be, despite all that stitching and I quite like that gentle curve on the bottom edge :')

I have fiddled with these photos to try and compensate for the lack of light and ended up with two different colour sheds!

I have been dragging my feet over the next block in this series. It involves EPP, which I don't mind in principle, but do I have the time.....?

**This is part of my own personal challenge to create and learn a bit more about traditional quilt blocks while adding my own twist, as described here. I am following the free Block of the Month classes on Craftsy as my guide.

hand painted fabric -fabric friday

Still playing with Inktense pencils!
I wasn't happy with this photo but when I tried to take another I couldn't find the fabric.
Time for another clear up me thinks!

hand painted fabric -fabric friday

playing with Inktense Pencils

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.

Embroidered Quilt Block

The plan had been to reproduce the look of all those lovely art journal pages that use white, instead of the usual black, to add line and pattern.
It hasn't quite come off, but I think that is because the thread I have used is not thick enough to give the definition that I was after. I sort of knew this would be the case, but I am trying to use up stuff that I have had hanging around as opposed to buying MORE than I already have. This particular white is a poly on a cone that I purchased while living in Brunei over 15 years ago. Thread was so cheap to buy then and I have quite a few cones still, bought to use in my over-locker when making clothes for my daughter.

My first thought was to hit it with some paint, but I didn't really want to obscure the fabric, so I added some black...

...and then a bit more.

This is not quilting but machine embroidery and I know that you might think that I have ruined a perfectly good string block, but there are lots of lovely string blocks out there, but only one like mine :D

Stay tuned for the edge finishing.

**This is part of my own personal challenge to create and learn a bit more about traditional quilt blocks while adding my own twist, as described here. I am following the free Block of the Month classes on Craftsy as my guide.