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 in
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 do 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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