This weeks art quilt was a new challenge for me. I had read the book Fabric Embellishing, The Basics and Beyond by Chandler, Kettle, Thomas, and Vlcek. This book is so full of interesting ideas with step by step instructions. I borrowed their technique called Tic Tac Toe Tucks for the background. This was an alternative to just a plain piece of fabric. I then used a scrap embroidered butterfly. Usually, before I embroider on the final product, I test the design on plain white muslin. This was about to be thrown into the trash, when I it occurred to me that it would be just terrible to waste this cute butterfly. The butterfly was sew on with a zig-zag stitch and colorful, thick quilting thread. The letters were on clearance in a craft store. I just love the word "fly", it is so freeing. The border was finished with hot pink leopard ribbon! I hope you all can "fly" in your creativity.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Week 26 Fly
This weeks art quilt was a new challenge for me. I had read the book Fabric Embellishing, The Basics and Beyond by Chandler, Kettle, Thomas, and Vlcek. This book is so full of interesting ideas with step by step instructions. I borrowed their technique called Tic Tac Toe Tucks for the background. This was an alternative to just a plain piece of fabric. I then used a scrap embroidered butterfly. Usually, before I embroider on the final product, I test the design on plain white muslin. This was about to be thrown into the trash, when I it occurred to me that it would be just terrible to waste this cute butterfly. The butterfly was sew on with a zig-zag stitch and colorful, thick quilting thread. The letters were on clearance in a craft store. I just love the word "fly", it is so freeing. The border was finished with hot pink leopard ribbon! I hope you all can "fly" in your creativity.
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