The assembled quilt has been loaded onto my A-1 longarm sewing machine. Not only will the stitching hold down the fabric collage…
Before quilting, I need to play with the position of flowers (I’ve painted a smaller second one) and butterfly on the painted…
Added some paint to soften the edges between black border and fused color spots. I’m liking it! #butterfly #wings #fabriccollage #saqawip #fabricpainting…
Building a butterfly with fabric -the photo shows back and front. The black fabric has fusible on it, which made it easier…
Flower painting has been put aside – now for something completely different, creating the butterfly. Hard to go to straight black after…
My painted flower had a transparency problem. The background was showing through, especially the trellis lines, even with a white backing applied….
There’s a problem here-do you see it? (Painted flower from Andrea Brokenshire’s workshop and painted background from my photo reference.) #paintedfabric #paintingproblems…
First steps…painting a background for a new quilt using my photo for reference. I’ve maintained some areas of white by ironing on…
“Controlled mess” is so much fun in painting! Here I’ve protected areas that I want to keep white with freezer paper templates,…
Using a black and white photocopy enlargement underneath the fabric, I’ve painted the main structures. I can wing it from here by…
The background begins! #artworkinprogress #paintedquilt #saqawip #susanpolansky
My photo from the summer is perfect for the background of the flower I painted in Andrea Brokenshire’s fabric painting workshop! #artstart…
I made this painted flower in a workshop taught by Andrea Brokenshire. She’s a very talented quilt artist and generous teacher. Only…