Now how did you do that?

I have a dear friend ask me for more detail on how I did the piece below. Here is a step by step for the next little piece I am working on.

 

Use a picture or drawing, trace the front outlines of what you want to stitch.

Use a good pen that will bleed to the back. trace again to get a clean outline. If you want to make multiple images, make copies, reduce or enlarge your image.

 Fuse the fabric to the front of a stiff base like pellon.

 

 Attach the copy to the back of the Pellon.

 

 I just pin mine in place.

So now you have Pellon sandwich,
your fabric on the front,

Pellon in the middle and your copy on the back.

 

 Stitch through the paper copy and pull off the copy on the back.

 

 And what you are seeing is basically bobbin work

and because you flipped the image and then stitched

from the back it is in the proper orientation.

 

I learned this technique from Danny Mansmith (no kidding Mansmith, I love the name)

 

http://dannymansmith.wordpress.com/  Please visit him!

 

Hugs till next time.

Unity in Passions

I finely got off my butt and did a piece to the readers challenge for Quilting Arts Magazine. This was a “Hands” challenge. It was the perfect opportunity to try out a new technique I learned from the blog of Danny Mansmith, a very talented artist from Seattle Washington. He works from his original drawing but it could be done from anything. I took a photograph of my hands. He did not have instruction for this but you can follow his pictures. Outline the image you wish to stich, use a sharpie as you want it to bleed to the back. Flip your photograph over and trace it again so the line is easy to see. You can either work from this or make copies if you want to stitch more than one of the items. I used a very stiff interfacing and fused white Kona cotton to one side. Place that face down and pin you drawing/photograph whit the back facing you and stitch. Color was added with Inktence Water-soluble Pencils As you were stitching from the back and the fabric is facing down everything will come out correct. But keep in mind you are going to see the bobbin thread so be sure you have the correct color in it. I matched my bobbin thread to my top in case I had any tension issues.

The crumpled fabric was achieved by moving the fabric as use fused it to the base.

I sent it off yesterday, which was two days late to enter the challenge, but you never know maybe they will consider it for the challenge. I have already started the next piece for the next challenge so I am not late for that one. One aspect will be Danny’s technique.