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Making of an Art Quilt - part 1

completed art quilt: mixed media
Paper pieced New York Beauty
Paper pieced New York Beauty
Baste pieced section in corner and trim
Angelina fibres fused into a sheet, then fused to misty fuse
Applique shapes cut out of angelina/misty fuse sheet
Piece of netting fused to angelina/misty fuse sheet
Painted evalon: cut with soldering tool

The images shown over this and the following blog entry will detail  the steps taken in creating our mixed media art quilt shown at left.

A background fabric was selected ( a bali in this case)  and a medium weight fusible stabilizer ironed to the back (we used fuse a shade)

The pieced circular shapes were sewn using a paper pieced New York Beauty pattern.  An assortment of cotton, polyester and nylon fabrics were used to create the concentric pieced circles.  Place in corner of background fabric, baste in place and trim edges.

Making of an Art Quilt - part 2

Additional spiral applique shapes fused to background
Copper knit stitched onto base fabric
Copper strips woven together
Discoloured copper when heat is applied
use of a glue stick to hold collage pieces in place
Circlular motif repeated on the stitched evolon, glass beads
Angelina applique shapes, foil glue and foil

Since the base fabric was not exactly what she wanted, Susan cut additonal pieces of the spiral image from the left over base fabric.  These were fused onto the base fabric to mask some of the floral images on the original print.

A piece of copper knit was pinned and then stitched into the desired position on the art quilt.

Green house wall hanging.

green house pattern-raw edge fused pattern
diluted wash of acrylic paint on rocks
free motion stitching, using a varity of threads
back side of the hanging showing stitching
Painted fusible, layers of tulle/netting and nylon scarves

Green House is an easy raw edge applique pattern.  The  pattern is first  traced onto a piece of freezor paper using a black sharpie. As each piece is required, the pattern is cut apart and the freezor paper pattern piece is fused to the right side of the appropriate fabric. 

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