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it used to upset me when i drew on fabric and the ink ran. i searched high and low for a better marker. i was thinking if (?) the ink runs along the threads it could look a bit like ikat. it does. oh, it does!
permanent laundry marker on old stained linen. bottom piece has been machine washed and ironed.
the longer you hold the marker to the fabric, the more it runs. i am sure it will vary from fabric to fabric.
reviving some old doodles (even though it is not wednesday) and wondering what if you make your own prints? diluted textile paint and micron pen over an existing dot print. cotton twill. i don't know too much about tossing repeats or motifs, but who cares?
i have always been obsessed with dots, and spots, and the tiniest motifs floating on an open ground. at the same time, i am learning to piece by machine which is new for me. this what if, is a series. i accepted Robin Ferrier's invitation to post on side by side and i will use the opportunity to continue to explore variations on this theme. it will be about small spot motifs, and also about inspiration from nature. and i will be working in linen mostly...the project will also be a lot about the fabric, its texture, its structure , its history, its beauty. off i go...what if i explore the nature of dots?
that small pieced patch is 3/10ths of an inch!!! the black dots are painted.
hey! and you can catch the queen of the series Lee over at side by side too! oh what fun...
i will make a category for this series... to connect the dots.
commuter sewing is bumpy, but i am not worried about the messy stitches here because this will be edged when appliquéd to the quilt. i left the turning edge oversized so that the applique wings would appear slightly stuffed.
i like the progress here. i was experimenting with doodling on fabric and i used the result for the dress. i mean i was on the train jotting down notes and it was hanging around between pages in my notebook and i just thought... what if i use that for the dress?
i was thinking about making the arms more stuffed, trapunto style, but what about limbs that would lift right off the quilt?
what if i try that?
continued from
painted applique worked well and i planned to use it again but this time after i started painting i began to wonder what if i paint parts and piece other parts. this s a fairy for my quilt project and i decided to use leaf print fussy cuts for the wings instead of painting them. i'll play around with this idea. i like the contrast created between the painted surface texture and the prints.
4.5"x3"
all cotton
to be continued as always.....
...the band of lions applique planned a while back has turned into an experiment because i was wondering what if i create them as a cluster, one applique, and make them out of an ikat fabric that will fade in and out , ghost-like....
i painted over the fabric so that the ikat would show through. they are ready for stitching.
3 figure cluster appliqué on 6" quilt block
drawn freehand with black micron pen
Deco Art SoSoft fabric paint, thinned with water
Kaffe Fasset yarn dyed cotton ikat base used for applique.
finishing things sometimes invokes what-iffing, especially if time has passed and you find yourself thinking new thoughts. or even forgetting the original if.
just packing up a gift and i came across this old project, unfinished, and i thought why those look like wishing stars, and they should have faces.
and as a quick side trip i decided to make it into a little doll house size quilt. the train was too crowded for a big project today.
needs more work on the stippling and the story.
painted stars on patchwork. painted stars and embroidered embellishment on floral print. scanned, photo later.
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