This is the fabric I made in Julie
McCullough's Smoke class. I used a textured black velvet as
the base fabric. It's not easy to see, but I covered
everything with green tulle. It was stitched with acid green rayon thread.
I have a good sized piece of this left and can't decide what to do
with it...
This is the leg of the doll I made
in Patti Culea's Memories class at C3 '03. There isn't any of
the fabric left, so I had to resort to taking photos of body parts!
I used lots of different yarns and threads. No tulle used here
and I can tell you it was an exercise in patience to stitch it all
down. I used a couple of different rayon threads in various
shades of teal and pink.
This photo and the one below are
from a wall hanging I made earlier this year. I've included them
here so you can see some other ways you can use these skills. This
isn't quite the same as what I do when I create fabric to make a
doll. From the beginning I planned a wall hanging and knew I
wanted to include beads and free motion stitching. I used iron
on stabilizer on the background fabric before I did anything to the
surface. All the shapes are fused to the background fabric and
then I stitched over them using various rayon threads. I like the
idea of securing the shapes with something more than just the
fusible web. Plus, I love to free motion stitch and it was as
good an excuse as any to have some fun! Once I was satisfied
with the arrangement of the shapes and had finished beading, I
layered the top with a thin white flannel fabric as my "batting" and
used a cotton batik as the backing. This is the same as would
be done for any quilt or quilted wall hanging. I chose to use
the flannel as the batting since I knew I didn't want any loft to
this piece. I used a variegated rayon thread to quilt the
layers together. You can't see it in this photo, but the thread
colors change from cream to yellow. It's quite effective when
you see it.
In this close up it's easier to see
the variegated thread I used to quilt the piece. This was fun
and a nice change from the usual stuff I do.
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