So, the last 7 or 8 days the artistic side of my brain has been on speed or something, because I've had a slew of ideas for new art work - mostly wall, but bed as well; but I've been too busy to actually do anything about those ideas besides write them down.
Tonight, I finally had a block of time to work towards a beginning on any of those projects. And, you may be wondering - which one is this?
Silk fused to Heat n'Bond (by the way, Melody Johnson is right - do NOT use this product for fusing quilts, it's heavy, changes the hand of the fabric radically and gums up your needle something fierce!) [but ANYdangway] - fused silk is a promising beginning;
and, for those of you have been with me since I first started making art quilts, a pile of "strings" is a famliar sight...
and a background of this sort probably looks like something you've seen from me before. All well and good - but THIS is not at all what I planned to make or what I had been thinking about making!
BSP walked by and asked me if I was "...making something beautiful?"; to which I replied "I fear I am making something banal".
However, tonight is my quiltArt group meeting, so I shall bring it along to hear their thoughts...
<crunchy sigh>
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Watching your process is ALWAYS beautiful - and I don't thing you'll make something banal. I'm already curious where you'll go from there - so keep us posted! By the way, do you know Mistyfuse? That stuff is just amazing - supereasy to work with, and the change of fabric is almost non-existing. I just have to recommend it ;-))
ReplyDeleteI agree that Heat N Bond isn't easy to work with, but I use it sometimes, too. The mistyfuse is lighter, and you can bond it to the underside of fabric by using a teflon mat or parchment paper underneath it. Just layer your mat or parchment on the bottom, then mistyfuse in the middle, and fabric on top, and iron it. The fabric bonds to the mistyfuse and doesn't stick to the teflon--it just peels up. Then you can cut your shapes and fuse it to make whatever you want.
ReplyDeleteI saw that post too. I do use it. I put it in all my kits, but I wouldn't use it on silk.
ReplyDeleteI do have this sudden urge to go and fuse something now after seeing how you have merged all those pieces together!
Deborah
Yes, it makes me want to go and experiment with fusing some more too! Can't wait to see what appears - and it certainly won't be banal, I'm sure of that :)
ReplyDeleteYou are a hoot!
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