the baby first (of course)...shading only.
Note that the guidelines you see are not on the fabric, you're seeing them through the fabric on the map below.
I use Deco Art Paints - SoSoft is the Fabric Paint they make.
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I'm going to re-post pictures of a painted small quilt. We'll just walk through it step by step
as I get questions from time to time about the process.....
This little quilt is called "Life & Love", before the painting starts.
The Quilt Art Calendar for 2012 includes my Begonia!
I never thought of it as a Christmas quilt, but it fits nicely in December.
If you'd like a copy, I have four --$13.95+S&H (US). Email me and we'll work out details. (I'll even sign it for you).
Ever since I got to pet the baby tiger, I've been thinking about doing a quilt of her. So this week I started painting. She's ready to start putting heavy thread onto. I pulled out some Superior threads. I have a big shipment due to arrive today, so there might be some additional appropriate colors there.
First, I tried piecing a background for her and wasn't thrilled with it. So I sewed everything together and made a "doll" quilt. Our guild gives away 300 doll quilts for children who might need them during the Christmas season. It takes many contributions to gather up 300 quilts. I can see this leafy one going to a little boy.
Then after that was done, I thought…what shall I do for a background for my tiger??? I decided to try dyeing a purple/blue piece. Actually I also died some green and gold, but neither turned out that well so I’ll just show you the one I like. J
Don’t know if it will actually turn out to be the real start of the background, but I think it has possibilities.
By the way- I’ve done very little dyeing, and it is time consuming, and kind of messy, but that one piece out of four tries was worth my time, (I think).
So now it's done!
By “FiberArt Friends”
It’s been so exciting to work on this group pictorial quilt!!
It started back in February, with my husband Gary and I taking photos for a possible project.
One of the options was pictures taken from the Marina side of Humboldt Bay. The group liked this idea and we moved on to the design stage.
I did a sketch of the chosen photo and had it enlarged. Then we met and drew numbers to decide who got what. Here are just 5 of us that day with the sketch.
During the months that followed one person dropped out. We were able to find a great replacement in Rosalinda. Then a couple of months later another member dropped out. This time Donna volunteered to make a second panel. Emails flew back and forth as we struggled with issues. Finally the day came for us to meet and reveal our panels.
They weren’t trimmed yet, but we could see that it was going to work! What fun.
Maggie, Diane, Donna, Jody, (5th is Donna's too) Rosalinda, Pat, Edith
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