My little transfer paint piece is complete. I've been reading Game of Thrones and my head is filled with images of that magical realism world; the kind of place where supernatural happenings and creatures blend seamlessly with the "real" world.

The Weirwood trees are white I know, but this one is in shadow, at dusk, in late autumn.

And it can both hear you and see you.


Process here and here, how to do transfer painting here

Remember back in November when I was teaching transfer paints at And Then We Set It On Fire? This was one of my experiments.

I always liked it and thought it would make for a great, moody, sort of atmospheric background.  But I couldn't leave it alone, so....

I cut out an interesting shape and laid it on fusible batting....




And then I selected several more pieces of  transfer painted fabric that I had made during that period of time and cut them to the shapes I wanted to make the background I saw.  And then I fused 'em.

What next?  Find out on Wednesday!

Which were then cut into slices and incorporated with other strips of coordinating fabric from my stash. I tested a lot of different fabrics, found the right ones and then laid them out (on my new design wall. Love it!!!!)

Normally, I would have stopped there and quilted it, but because I was working with Rayna Gillman's technique (through And Then We Set It On Fire), I added the slashed inserts.  Totally not my thing, but I really like it just the same. Hope you do too. 

But now I'm on to some of my own work.  Looking forward to showing you the process!

And I ended up with this, but I didn't stop there!

Check in later this week for the big finish! :)