I thought you might be interested in my set up for melting sheers. Since melting plastic releases toxic fumes, I always do it under my cook top’s exhaust vent, with the fan on high. Plus, I always wear a respirator with acid gas filters. The cook top is glass, so it’s a good working surface. […]
Ta-da! It worked. Plan B is better than my first botched attempt! (Click photo for a larger view.) I’ll add some hand stitching to the border/background part, attach the two portions, and this piece will be complete. (Although I think I’ll rotate it 90 degrees to the right.) I’m making this piece to swap with […]
As I mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to make a distorted sheer blue piece to serve as the background/border for the piece in progress. I did just that, but I forgot to take into consideration how much it would shrink when I melted it. (Click the photo to see a larger view.) Darn […]
This is a detail shot of my current work in progress. (Click image for a larger view.) I started with a dark blue sheer fabric. On top of it, I scattered bits of interesting sheers: metallic, patterned, and white. The top layer is a hand painted sheer fabric. I used my soldering iron to burn […]
In my Instant Art Quilt class, the fabric is the star. High contrast fabrics produce dramatic results, almost without effort. Low contrast fabrics yield very different results. They don’t have enough drama to stand alone, but they make lovely backgrounds for further embellishment. I had the idea of using tulle applique on such a quilt. Since […]
