Project Hours: About 2 hours
Design and materials: 1/2 hour
Execution: 1 1/2 hours
I have to admit, this week's project was a bust all around. I was a bit stuck for ideas to try, and pulled this together at the last minute. It looks like it, too. Well, not every week can be a success.
I painted the lutradur with fabric paints and let it dry. I sewed it on with the cross hatching hoping that when it burned away the areas that were stitched down would stay in the "valleys" and the middles would burn away leaving a harlequin look. The end result, not so much... Use in a ventilated area or use a breathing mask, this stuff gives off noxious fumes. Perhaps I will continue to embellish the center as a collage.
I did make a nice long list of techniques I still want to try, so I have about 20 weeks worth on a list so that I'm not stuck like this week.
Project Hours: About 2 hours
Design and materials: 1 hour
Execution: 1 hour
Part of this week's project should include a long amount of time being "stumped" for which technique I wanted to try next. There are so many. I thought of doing something based on a "freezer paper resist" technique I learned from Melanie Testa. But, as this whole technique of the week thing is supposed to be about learning something new, I thought I would reverse her process and just use the freezer paper as a stencil.
Finding stencils that are free to use is pretty easy online, and this one came from Spraypaintstencils.com. Cutting was quick using an X-Acto knife. The paint needed a bit of white in it to make it more opaque. I also used a really heavy weight thread to do the flames.
This was for the Valentine's Day weekend, when you see lots of diamond commercials on TV, and especially "Hearts on Fire" diamonds.
Later this week when things are not so busy, I'll post my "snowmageddon" quilt made while stuck in my hotel room in Baltimore on a recent work trip.
Project Hours: About 2 hours
Design and materials: 1 hour
Execution: 1 hour
This is a packaged product I purchased at a recent quilt show, and this stuff says it shrinks 30% in all directions. The package has really basic instructions on how to use. You sew your fabric onto this slippery nylon synthetic fabric. Then you steam the heck out of it and that shrinks the nylon and bunches up the fabric you sewed on. The nylon becomes a stabilizer of sorts, and you can sew this new "fabric" into your project.
The thing was, once I had it "texturized" the fabric, I did not have any inspiration as to what to do with it. I did a series of fabric manipulations last year and did not want to repeat those styles, which left me completely stumped as to what to do with the "fabric" I made. Anyway, I also realized the "texturizing" is completely random. So if you like random, unpredictable results, this product is for you.
I am not happy with the other circles in the darker purple thread, they were not dark enough and stitching over them by hand made them wonky. But, as my DH says, not every project can be a winner.
Thanks so much to everyone for the interest and comments on the Technique #1 quilt, I do appreciate it so much!
