Painted Canvas......Merry-Go-Round Style

We gathered around the kitchen table...

with paint...

and a whole lot of enthusiasm !

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Many Thanks to Jamie Fingal & Leslie Tucker Jenison for the Inspiration!

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Play Days,

LuAnn

Textile Painting.......Aprons

I am in need of a few more gifts...

I have a few black aprons I can paint on...

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Coneflowers on Black Fabric Apron

Maple Leaf......Apron

Apron.......Oak Leaves

Apron.......Birch Leaves

Aprons......ready for gift giving!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Painting Fabric Tote Bags.....Tutorial

I spent the day with Textile Paints...

What Fun!

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Painted Fabric Tote Bags

I broke out the stencils...

Here is a quick tutorial:

Stencils with big, open areas work best for textile painting.

Secure the stencil to your fabric with blue painters tape or spray adhesive on the back side of the stencil.

These are Cedar Canyon Stencils

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop carries them.

Plastic margarine lids make a great palette for your paints.

Lumiere Metallic Textile Paints are my choice on Black Fabrics.

Just a light coating of paint on your stencil brush is all you need.

Notice how I pounce the paint onto the palette, this eliminates too much paint on the brush.

Use a separate brush for each paint color....very important!

Start with the lightest of the 3 paints...mine is Gold

Using a stencil brush, pounce the paint along the veins of the leaf.

(use an up and down pouncing motion to work the paints into the fabric)

Do not move your brush in a circular motion.

If you look at a leaf, the veins are brighter than the leaf. By choosing your lightest color of paint, you will highlight the vein areas.

Next, use your medium color....mine is Bronze.

Fill in half of the available unpainted areas.

Leave room for your last color.

Last, apply your darkest color.....mine is Russet.

Fill in the last of the unpainted area.

Then, lightly pounce over the entire leaf...

This will blend all 3 colors together.

The BIG Reveal...

Carefully peel back your stencil...

Maple Leaf

The edges are crisp because I use a dry brush.

If you have paint leakage, you are using too much paint, or your stencil is moving.

This leaf is lonely.....needs more.

Maple Leaf..... Tote Bag

I like the extra leaves to run off the edges...

Oak Leaf.....Tote Bag

Painted Fabric Tote Bags

These are last minute holiday gifts!

A Special Thanks to my fellow instructor,

Nancy Bryant, for introducing me to the world of Textile Painting.

You are a Peach Nancy!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Metal Quilts & Mowing...

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I have been playing with metal, embossing tools and alcohol inks

It has been great fun!

My plan is to sew these onto my quilts...

I drew out small leaves, free-hand onto metal sheets.

I plan to cut these out and sew them on a tree.

I just need to make the tree...

I chose this piece of sun dyed fabric as my background

The metal leaves get along nicely with the sun dyed fabric

With a pencil, I sketched out tree branches...

You can click the image once to enlarge,

then click it again to zoom in tighter.

I plan to paint the tree on the sun dyed fabric...

I chose a Lumiere paint and a brown textile paint to mix together to create the tree trunk and branches.

I am happy with the paint color for the tree.

I will finish the tree then add some leaves...

At this point...

I am happy with the colors.

I am just not sure if I need to add more branches, more leaves, is it too bare?

I need to get away from this for awhile...

I think I'll go do some mowing

Climb on.....let's go mow the pasture

Ahhh.....what a great view

Straight ahead, in the distance, is Mary's Peak

Mowing has always been something I enjoy

I find it rather methodical and relaxing...

Mowing gives me time to sit back and think...

Now let's get some mowing done...

Let's head down to the river and take a look at some of the trees growing there...

The trunk is dominant on this tree, the leaves aren't so visible.

I do love the bare look of this tree.

This is an even ratio of trunk and leaves...

I like the balanced feel of this tree.

This tree, growing along the banks of the river, caught my eye...

The sun is shining through the moss hanging from the branches, and illuminating it.

It is soft and beautiful.

The pasture is so happy with its new hair cut...

All of the weeds and blackberries are gone.

This is the view over my shoulder behind the tractor.

We are almost done mowing...

Hard to believe you rode around with me and

we mowed 25 acres together.

That gave me lots of time to think, gave the painted tree lots of time to dry, and now I am headed back to the Thread Shed to take a look at the quilt with fresh eyes...

More to come tomorrow...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn