I am really on a roll! I had forgotten how much I could get done, and how much fun it is when I'm working on my own projects. I have had a very productive week and TONS of fun doing it. Guess you want to see too, huh? For this piece, I hand painted the fabric for the background. This piece here is my clean up rag...how cool is that! I get a lot of great pieces from clean up rags; a good reason to clean up with cloth rather than paper towels when painting and dyeing.
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This is a small section of my background. I painted starting with damp fabric and used Jacquard Dye-Na-Flow paints. I also mix a small amount of
Versatex fixer into all my liquid textile paints....that way I don't have the tedious chore of heat setting. After curing, which takes about 4-5 days I machine wash and dry the pieces...then they're ready to use. I also spread some silk salt into the wet paint...that's the dotted, star burst effect you see.
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And here is the quilt top. It is intentionally sparse, as the quilting will play a huge role in this quilt. It is a very simple top, just a Palm tree and the 3 flamingos but it'll be anything but plain when it's done.
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The Palm tree trunk and leaves are painted batting.
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I used 4 different colors of green for the leaves. Also painted with Dye-Na-Flow, and the batting used for painting is Warm and White by the Warm Co.
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I just love all the variegation I got in those leaves.
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And then there are the flamingos. The bird bodies are regular commercial quilting cottons. I painted the whites of the eyes....the rest of the eye details will be added later.
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The beaks are soft structure tyvek, painted with Jacquard Lumiere paints with some Pearl Ex pigments added to the silver paint to darken it on the bottom section. Then I heated the tyvek to shrink it.
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The feathers are wool that I felted a few weeks ago specifically for this project...3 colors, and I free cut the pieces.
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It still needs to be quilted and other details added, but at least the top is done! Now I have 2 quilt tops ready before the registration deadline....yippee!
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Well those are way cool!!!!! You are so talented Deb. I love the colors and can't wait to see them finished. :)
ReplyDeleteLove all the colors & textures. Can't wait to see it quilted.
ReplyDeleteVery, very cool!
ReplyDeleteI love the way this is turning out Mom;) The more things you do the more I am amazed. I love the yo yo's to!
ReplyDeleteFun!!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing! The texture makes it sound so exciting but by the time you add the quilting . . I can't wait to see it. Sure hope it's coming to MQS so I can see it in real life.
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!! I love this, I can not wait to see it finished, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat is sooooo cute and pretty and awesome!! (sparkly, too)
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