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QuiltPage 1 (Not displayed in Houston)
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This was my "warm-up" piece. I just wanted to do a traditional, quilted feather using a formal, symmetrical balance. This was done without marking the quilt top. Straight lines were quilted by running the presser foot against a ruler while sewing. I chose to withhold this quilt from the final display because it did not have any coloring or embellishments. |
| Coloring Agent: |
None |
| Embellishment: |
Only quilting |
| Quilting Thread: |
YLI 100% silk thread, 100 wt.
(available
from Web of Thread) |
Batting on
Top Half: |
Mountain Mist 100% cotton |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
Hobbs Heirloom Washable Wool (100% wool)
(available
from Hancock's of Paducah)
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QuiltPage 2 (January)
| Comments: | This quilt was an extension of QuiltPage 1, using a similar feather motif in an informal balance. After I did this one, I decided to use the feather motif throughout my journal quilts. |
| Coloring Agent: |
Prismacolor pencils
When washed in Synthropol they faded (as shown in the outside feathers). The inside feathers were colored a second time to show what Prismacolor pencils look like unwashed. |
| Embellishment: |
Glass seed beads |
| Quilting Thread: |
Sulky® 100% rayon thread, 40 wt. |
Batting on
Top Half: |
Quilter's Dream Request (100% polyester) |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
Warm & Natural (100% cotton)
(available
from Hancock's of Paducah)
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Image used with permission.
© ERAGraphics
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QuiltPage 3 (Not displayed in Houston)
| Comments: | I wanted to experiment with computer printing on fabric. Specifically, I wanted to know how Bubble Jet Set 2000 (BJS) improved the print quality and whether it was needed with laser printers.
(BJS is also available from Dharma Trading Co.) |
| Coloring Agent: | Ink jet and laser printing on fabric
Row 1: Ink jet on BJS treated fabric
Row 2: Ink jet on untreated fabric
Row 3: Laser printing on BJS treated fabric; inner portion was heat-set and outer edges were not
Row 4: Laser printing on untreated fabric; inner portion was heat-set and outer edges were no
(The best results were ink jet on BJS treated fabric and heat-set, laser printing on untreated fabric.) |
| Embellishment: |
None |
| Quilting Thread: |
YLI Wonder Invisible thread, clear and smoke |
Batting on
Top Half: |
Hobbs Thermore Ultra Thin Batting (100% polyester) |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
Fairfield Natural Cotton (100% cotton)
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QuiltPage 4 (February)
| Comments: | Tsukineko All-Purpose Ink is a relatively new product (to me at least) and I think it has a lot of potential. I used it on commercially printed fabric for my Evening Star quilt. It is easy to work with and very permanent when heat set. |
| Coloring Agent: |
Tsukineko All-Purpose Ink
(available
from Web of Threads)
Top feather: ink mixed with thickener and applied with a brush
Bottom feather: undiluted inks applied with foam applicator
Background: ink applied to wet fabric |
| Embellishment: |
Glass irridescent bugle beads,
gold and silver Lumiere fabric paint |
| Quilting Thread: |
Sulky® sliver, metallic and irridescent threads |
Batting on
Top Half: |
Hobbs Heirloom Organic (100% cotton with scrim) |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
Perfect Cotton "Natural" (88% cotton, 12% polypropylene)
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QuiltPage 5 (March)
| Comments: | I had received a sample pack of red, blue and gold Createx fabric paints, so I decided to use only those three colors and play with mixing new colors. |
| Coloring Agent: |
Createx Textile Colors
(available
from Dharma Trading Co.)
Background was splatter painted and the feathers were stenciled with brush, foam brush, sponge, rag, rubber stamp and other found objects. |
| Embellishment: |
Fusible sequins, fusible rhinestones, fusible nailheads
(available from Sue's Sparklers) |
| Quilting Thread: |
YLI Reflections thread,
Madeira metallic and heavy metal threads |
Batting on
Top Half: |
Mountain Mist Gold-Fuse (50% cotton, 50% polyester) |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
June Tailor Quilter's Fusible (100% cotton)
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QuiltPage 6 (April)
| Comments: | D'Uva Watercolors were another new product I wanted to try. The watercolors are supposed to be "erasable" until heat-set. However, I found they do not erase very well from fabric. The company does have quite a bit of information on how to use them on fabric, though. |
| Coloring Agent: |
D'Uva Erasable Watercolors
(list of retailers) |
| Embellishment: |
Jones Tones Foils |
| Quilting Thread: |
Valdani 100% cotton, variegated thread (35 weight) |
Batting on
Top Half: |
Yolo Wool Products (100% wool) |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
Nature's Comfort (100% wool)
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QuiltPage 7 (May)
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QuiltPage 8 (June)
| Comments: | I made this quilt specifically so I could use some real feathers as embellishments. I was also curious about using ordinary crayons on fabric. |
| Coloring Agent: |
Pentel FabricFun Pastel Dye Sticks (top left feather, central black feather, and background)
(available
from Dharma Trading Co.)
Crayola Crayons (brown feathers and third feather from the bottom left)
All have been heatset and washed. |
| Embellishment: |
Feathers and charm |
| Quilting Thread: |
Madeira Opal thread, intentionally quilted crooked with occasional thread tufts at the intersections |
Batting on
Top Half: |
Fiberco Simply Cotton Back to Basics (100% cotton) |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
Fiberco Soft and Elegant (50% cotton, 50% polyester)
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QuiltPage 9 (Not displayed in Houston)
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QuiltPage 10 (July)
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QuiltPage 11 (August)
| Comments: | Sunprinting with Setacolor is very easy and a lot of fun. Slop the paint on, throw something on top of it, and stick it in the sun. I used different pastas and a needlepoint canvas to print this background. For this quilt, the feather motif is carried out only in the quilted outline of a feather. |
| Coloring Agent: |
Pebeo Setacolor sun printing |
| Embellishment: |
Cotton, rayon and silk yarns with pearl and porcelain buttons |
| Quilting Thread: |
Robison Anton 100% rayon thread (40 weight) |
Batting on
Top Half: |
100% silk batting |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
Air-Lite Synthetics (80% cotton, 20% wool) from Connecting Threads
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QuiltPage 12 (September)
| Comments: | The spiral tie-dye background provides a backdrop for some unusual embellishment materials. |
| Coloring Agent: |
Procion dye |
| Embellishment: |
Tyvek, mylar, and shrink plastic; mulberry and silk paper; irridescent organdy, tulle, and netting |
| Quilting Thread: |
Aurifil 100% rayon, variegated thread |
Batting on
Top Half: |
Quilter's Dream Request 100% cotton (low loft) |
Batting on
Lower Half: |
Quilter's Dream Deluxe 100% cotton (high loft)
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QuiltPage 13 (Begun after QuiltPage 7 - not finished or displayed.)
| Comments: | This was my fun experiment with marbling. I didn't end up using it because it turned out too large and I didn't have time to make a second one. I do plan on trying this again sometime. |
| Coloring Agent: |
Marbling colors from PRO Chemical & Dye |
| Embellishment: | None |
| Quilting Thread: | Not quilted |
Batting on
Top Half: | Not quilted |
Batting on
Lower Half: | Not quilted
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QuiltPage 14 (Begun after QuiltPage 2 - not finished or displayed.)
| Comments: | Here is a perfect example of why it is important to experiment before using a new product on a large quilt. For this one I drew some feathers using oil pastels. I heat set it and stiffened the fabric with SuperSolvy. The project sat for about two months before I machine embroidered over the colored areas. When I washed the piece to remove the SuperSolvy, I found that the pastels were not permanant on fabric. In addition, the areas where I machine embroidered over the pastels were extremely weakened and they shredded. I photographed this over red paper so the deteriorated areas easily could be seen. This piece was cut in half and a piece was sent to Cray-Pas for analysis. |
| Coloring Agent: |
Sakura Cray-Pas Specialist Oil Pastels (heat set) |
| Embellishment: |
Madeira PolyNeon thread used for thread painting (fabric was stiffened with
Sulky® SuperSolvy dissolved in water) |
| Quilting Thread: | Not quilted |
Batting on
Top Half: | Not quilted |
Batting on
Lower Half: | Not quilted
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