Thought you would like to see the before and after pictures. It is now ready for embellishment with embroidery and bead work. I will post the finished piece when I've finished.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Background Before and After
Thought you would like to see the before and after pictures. It is now ready for embellishment with embroidery and bead work. I will post the finished piece when I've finished.
Background Machine Stitch Detail
This is a small section of the Background so far and as you can see I have machined gold circles around the purple swirls and added gold metallic stitching in other areas to give interest.Background Machine Stitch 2
I freemotion machine stitched all over in another colour then over stitched swirls in tiny circles in the darker purple.
Background Continued.
I took the abstract painted background on Lutradur that I began at the beginning of the week and started freemotion machine stitching. First in straight and curvy lines then with another colour thread made stitches in swirly shapes.
Still Snowing
Its still snowing here in Norfolk. We've still got the extreme weather warning and it was -12 last night but look at this picture of part of our garden. The sky looks so clear and crisp. I've been naughty I haven't cleared any of our paths yet but have a bucket load of salt!
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Painted Backgrounds Jan 2010 part 3
After painting and stamping an abstract background I then used watereddown green ink to paint over the background of Lutradur that had not been painted. I allowed this to dry naturally because it you use a heat gun on Lutradur it will melt, as it is 100% polyester. The holes that are formed, due to it melting are ideal if you want to view more of a backgound through, similar to a lace effect.
So when it had dried I then overpainted the surface again with liliac fabric paint. This seems to be the colour of the month so far. I started playing with purples in November. See Working Practice on my website and art blog http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/
These are now ready for stitching and embellishing.
Painted Backgrounds Jan 2010
On Tuesday 5th Jan made some abstract painted backgrounds for contemporary textile work to come. Using Lutradur that Marion had given me to play with. It got painting with fabric paints and acylics.
Lutradur is a polyester fabric which is used in the furnishing trade.
1st Studio Days of 2010
I got into my logcabin studio on Monday 4th Jan for the first time of the New Year. Here is are the pages from my sketch book. I began finishing the ATC (Artist Trading Cards) for my friendship swap that I wanted to start that evening. I belong to several groups, The Coven Quilters being one of them. We meet each month to sew,share,put the world to rights and laugh. It was our celebration New Year meal. We each took a dish to share, it was wonderful and so delicous. See my main website for more pictures,
Monday, 4 January 2010
Inspire
Inspire, embellished journal page
Visit Quilters Cottage Norfolk regulary to be inspired.
Hello my name is Jane Clark and this is my first blog for Quilters Cottage of 2010.You can visit my website and view my artwork at
and my art degree exhibition of 2009 at
The Exhibition site will take a few seconds to load due to the amount of Photographs.
Enjoy your visit and hope it inspires!
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