Monday, May 21, 2007

a fabric and paper art quilt in the works.....


Once again I am in the middle of trying something from my current issue of "Cloth Paper scissors". The fabric paper art quilt thing. I have been having so much fun with it even though i really don't follow directions down to the letter. I am still in "use what I have" mode, so if I don't have it, i substitute....I used matte modpodge instead of diluted glue and I didn't have muslin so I used this canvasy fabric stuff...I also added that texture magic by delta and I just love it...I did it after all the layering of papers....Anyway, the front part is done and drying but here is a peek...It is called, "under my wing". I am going to quilt it and bind it tomorrow or maybe even later tonight. I am getting more adventurous with painting but I still don't claim to be a painter...I just have fun and use pencils and watercolors and some acrylics and if I don't like it, I paint over it with white and start all over! I think i am going to have to add some gold leafing too...remember I am Melinda the lover of shinies.....(think magpie). Oh yeah, I added a chiffon flower charm too. Just love those things..Tomorrow I need to focus again on what I need to do and not just play and wander..Although I prefer playing and wandering and I am really good at it. Try this stuff, it is a lot of fun!

4 comments:

Helen in the UK said...

There is nothing wrong with playing and wandering! Enjoy :)

Anonymous said...

I am still pouring over my issue of cps too and that looked fun. It doesn't sound too hard and your's turned out beautiful so far. Anyone who paints is a painter I say!

primdollie said...

oh this is lovely what a fun piece this will be when all done!! awesome work of course!!!!! can't wait to see what you do to finish it!!
Hugs Linda

Angela said...

Melinda this looks fantastic already. I'm excited to see how the finished article will look!