I love it when I get to jump into my toy box and really just play. I have recently gotten to do that. I warn you....lots of pictures follow.
Last week I used a pouch of Dylon Flamingo pink dye on inexpensive muslin. I tied one up with rubber bands and the other I tied in knots. Both left interesting marks on the fabric. I had lots of dye left over, so I put a lid on it and stored it in Sweetie Pie's shop :) I will find out later if it keeps!
Yesterday, I tried my hand at "Painting" a quilt top. Now, I am not a trained artist. I basically muddle my way through and hope everything works out in the end. I was spurred on by this video by Deb Levy at 3 Creative Studios. There are 2 wonderful videos, and I highly recommend watching them. I did. Then I proceeded to break all the rules and do what I wanted ;) I used Dye-na-flow paints (because I had them) and too much water. But it did give me a nice "watery" look, so breaking that rule wasn't too bad. Although there was no keeping the paint in only the areas I wanted. It went everywhere. I used a little Lumiere in the sky to give it a nice twinkle. I also added a little red to the 2 shades of blue left over to make purple for the sky.
The water was 2 shades of green mixed in with a little of the left over sky paint. (Why waste good paint). The water at the beach is a green and not the typical blue.
I also used acrylic craft paint for the sand. I thinned it with water. I like the rough appearance it has.
I used unthinned, straight from the bottle setacolor for the surfboard. I had to use darker paint to cover up the spreading paint from the sky and sea! The flower was a commerical stamp, which I then colored with my new Sharpie fabric markers which I love!
In the end...I like the way it looks. It's a little darker than I had planned (too much paint!) Deb said don't use a lot of paint...I of course didn't listen! Next time I will try the quilted sandwich painting technique and follow the directions ;)
Happy Quilting
Caren
1 comment:
Everything looks amazing good for you.
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