At a recent Fiber Junkies meeting we played with house paint and other acrylic fabric paints.
The goal was to transform previously quilted pieces with a new look. But we never stick to the original theme. So, when Judy shared a plain piece of canvas with me, this was the result. The background is house paint and the foreground is acrylic.
Like many of you.....Thanksgiving is a busy week.....I may pop in from time to time to chat....but mostly, I will be enjoying family time.
Happy Turkey Day to all.......
6 comments:
Are you having difficulty stitching through the paint? An ambitious project, but it's going to look great.
Isn't the paint difficult to stitch through? I recently did just a tiny bit on a painted leaf and my fingers were very sore! Looking good with all that stitching, though.
In answer to the question whether the painted surface was difficult to needle......surprisingly not. We diluted the house paint quite a bit and it was spread very lightly. The canvas thankfully is not very tightly woven.
The hand stitching is a wonderful addition to this cool piece!!! Happy Turkey time!
Kathy above took the words out of my mouth I too am wondering about stitching on these surfaces, having used acrylic paint with a medium added it still was pretty stiff
Well you answered both of my questions- was also wondering if the paint and canvas were a challenge to sew through. This will be wonderful. I'm like you, I frequently underestimate the amount of time a piece will take. That's one reason I gave up cross-stich. I'd see a project and think, oh that won't take long. Six months later I'd wonder why I started it!
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