Well my first challenge for the Fast Friday Fabric group is finally finished! (Say that fast three time!) I can't say that I'm completely happy with it, but there are some elements I really like. I did end up using my daughter's complex cloth made from tempura paint and sea salt. It worked up lovely - has a great textured and the color really set nicely with the iron. I just won't throw it in the wash any time soon (grin).
The piece is only 18" by 8". I used a commercial print from Paula Nadlestern's designs for the little star bursts. I embellished this with Glitter, holographic thread from Superior threads. The shine you get out of this thread is crazy so I don't use it often. It did move through my machine well though. The last embellishment was fusible little gems that I bought at Walmart. They went on well but getting them all ironed into place was a exercise in patience.
I finished the edges just using a free motion stitch all along the very edge. I never did that before and I thought I would like to try it out. The bit of green color and texture around the edge seems to be working.
I was happy with the use of color and texture in the piece. I was not happy with the free motion quilting that I used. I used a sulky metallic thread and it just doesn't come out evenly with my machine. I've tried all sorts of tensions, needles etc and its never worked well. I should have just used a nice shiny rayon and it would have been fine. Still it was nice to try the iron on gems and see how cool tempura paint works on fabric.
3 comments:
I love it!
It's fabulous!!
That is very cool. Makes me want to try painting fabric! :)
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