Category Archives: fabricpainting

Cheesecloth Chat

Posted on March 17, 2023 by quiltpaintcreate

It’s been all about cheesecloth this week. I added dark blue and purple paint to the blue cheesecloth from last week. I’m much happier with it now. I also cut up the rust cheesecloth and did some experimental stitching. I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Stash March 12, 2023

Posted on March 12, 2023 by quiltpaintcreate

No change in the numbers. Yesterday I painted cheesecloth because sometimes a girl just has to paint fabric. The rust version was intentional, the pink an unexpected result of color mixing and the blue both intentional and unexpected. That one … Continue reading →

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September 2022 OMG Finish

Posted on September 28, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

My OMG for September was to complete my Art quilt Group’s improv challenge. I started with white fabric and added glue as a resist. Then I painted it. Then I washed out the glue and added texture with paintstik over … Continue reading →

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Resist, Phase Three and Four

Posted on September 20, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

We left off with the resist piece here. Then I added a little bit of silver paint. It didn’t show up so I changed to silver paintstik. Next came blue paintstik over a rubbing plate. I still wasn’t happy with … Continue reading →

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Resist, Phase Two

Posted on September 15, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

My OMG for September is an improv painted piece. I started with glue resist on white fabric. Once the glue dried I added paint. I painted splotches, thinned the paint, painted more splotches, thinned the paint, etc. The glue has … Continue reading →

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September 2022 Short List and OMG

Posted on September 5, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

It’s hard to believe it’s September already. Fall is definitely in the air here. We’ll have more hot weather, but we haven’t seen much of that lately. I didn’t finish anything last month. I have way too many projects going … Continue reading →

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Sunday Stash August 28, 2022

Posted on August 28, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

No change in the numbers. A busy week of meetings and household tasks kept me out of the sewing room. Next week should be calmer. Last weekend’s quilt show inspired me to order some new dyes and paints. A few … Continue reading →

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Good News and Just News

Posted on July 14, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

First, the good news. Our Art 2 Quilt group’s challenge quilts were accepted into the Ultimate Guild Challenge at AQS Grand Rapids (August). We were all very excited! More on that once the show is closer. The other news is … Continue reading →

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July 2022 OMG and Short List

Posted on July 4, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

The new month came quickly, leaving me scrambling to figure out the next projects. So many choices, limited time. I met my goal last month of finishing the Pumpkin Patch top, and then finished the quilt shortly after. The next … Continue reading →

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Those Troublesome Corners

Posted on May 13, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

It has been another challenging week here with lots of places to be and things to do and not a lot of creative time. Regardless, I did get out the paints and darkened both the upper corners of Open Dialogue. … Continue reading →

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