I’m sure you’re all feeling Christmas just rushing toward you – where on earth has the year gone? For me it’s time to think of Christmas gifts so I can get them in mail and send them home to Australia and I’ve been making some journals because they make lovely gifts and never go out of style.
I like to use fabric paper for my journal covers because it always has lovely texture and color and makes a strong usable cover, and this month we’ve been making fabric paper over at the Free Lunch Cafe so I used a piece of the fabric paper I made as a sample for this class. The fabric paper itself is kind of ordinary but is a great piece to demonstrate just how you can make something beautiful and extraordinary out of something fairly plain and ordinary.
Please enjoy this short video on the making of “The Fairy Tale Journal”.
Transient art such as that created by environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy, and even the beautiful and mysterious sand mandalas made by the Tibetan Lamas of Drepung Loseling Monastery is often quite controversial and certainly leave us feeling awed, mostly by the concept that art can be impermanent.
Recently I discovered another type of transient art, animated sand art.
This video is of Kseniya Simonova, a Ukrainian artist who recently won Ukraine’s version of “America’s Got Talent.” She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and “sand painting” skills to interpret Germany’s invasion and occupation of the Ukraine during WWII. Simply stunning.
I’ve shown this video before, however it’s worth showing again. Particularly, note about 7 minutes into the video where he shows how he stitches his quilts – just beautiful.
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One of my favorite techniques is image transfer. Mostly I like to transfer images directly to fabric using various methods, however sometimes I also like to transfer images to “fabric paper”. “Fabric paper” can be made using many different methods, but it’s main features are that you can create unusual texture and of course, you can sew on it.
Making “fabric paper” using plain old tissue paper is one of my favorite types of “fabric paper”. I like the texture and the softness and it’s simple to do.
This video demonstrates one method of transferring an image to tissue paper and then turning it into “fabric paper”.
This video is a little on the long side – about 10 minutes – but well worth watching. This guy’s work is FABULOUS! And particularly watch about 7 minutes into the video how he uses his threadwork – I’m in awe!
If you’re wondering what he uses to discharge, it’s thiox from Prochemical.
Jazz up your quilt with non-traditional techniques including burning fabric and adding colorful highlights to fabrics with Patsy Thompson. She always does great tutorials.
Listen to some interviews with some of the quilters from Gee’s Bend. There are five videos in the playlist and make sure you watch the last one – it’s just too cute!
I'm Linda Matthews and welcome to the "Creative Textile & Quilting Arts" website where you'll find my online and downloadable classes, as well as my instructions dvds. Also make sure you visit my website and current blog at www.Linda-Matthews.com. More ...
