by
Kim
My creative project of the week: Fruits of the Needle! I love to sit with a pile of fabric and floss and just stitch pieces together. It is therapeutic for me, I guess it must be the pulling of the needle through the fabric that is sort of soothing. I don't do it all that often, even though I would love to be an art quilter. It is just so time consuming.
These are for quilt market in October. The background is printable cotton fabric from Blumenthal Lansing. I found a free downloadable frame online, and put the words inside it using a cool font...then printed it. I could not have drawn it to look as good. Love this printable fabric!
These will be framed together in a long frame. I think they would be cute in a kitchen.
Use your Vitamin C and some basic materials and see what happens!
by
Kim
The project was to use Blumenthal Lansing's photo fabric...and to make it funky. The photo fabric is pretty cool. I ran it through my printer and it looks great. Niece 3 looks groovy in her 70s outfit at the homecoming parade.
Sharing the spotlight is BL's matte finish buttons. The colors are perfect.
In the end, I decided against the rick rack. It was busy enough.
Have you used photo fabric that prints in your printer?
Take your Vitamin C!
by
Kim
Hand stitching is one of my favorite things to do. I can make a fabric and floss project last forever. Layers of fabrics and embroidery are just the beginning. Then, adding beads and buttons and other stuff is the really fun part for me. I like the textures it all makes. And the colors.
But, this one is for quilt market and it has a definite deadline. So, I am working toward an end to the project. Here is one corner of the piece. Stay tuned for the entire thing....very soon.
Notice that only the background has been hemmed. The surface decoration shows the rough fabric edges and the floss knots. For me, the point is texture and color. It will not ever be washed, so the rough edges and knots add to the texture without adding worry about fraying and falling apart.
More stitching.......trying to work some rick rack in some place.
Get out a needle and take your Vitamin C!
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