Something that isn’t obvious about fabric collage (as I teach it) is the importance of the sequence in which you approach the construction of your image. Where you start, and the order in whi…
This post is the first in a series of three “Finish Line” posts featuring students who excel at fabric collage. The three I chose—Darlene Determan, Joanne Hannon Shaw, and Marilyn David…
Susan Brubaker Knapp's raw-edge botanical fabric collage tutorial is sew fun & inspiring. Any quilter, fiber artist, or crafter will love it!
The art of textiles has been passed down for generations…including mine. My great-grandfather was a tailor who married a seamstress who gave birth to my grandmother, an awning maker who had my father who was an upholsterer, who married my mother, a gifted hand-embroiderer, who had me. I have been a graphic designer for over four decades and although I’ve long felt an affinity for fibers and threads, I only began fabric collage in 2016. How in the world did that happen?
Before starting your fabric collage pet portrait, discover what you need to know about colour value. It's the secret to great pet portraits.
“You use glue? Really?” I get asked about it a lot and the questions usually fall into one of three categories: why adhesive at all, why not fusible, and how do you do it?
Roben-Marie gives you five tips on why making collages are so much fun. She also touches on how this art practice can also inspire in other directions of your art.
Fabric collage is a technique used often in art quilts. Learn how to create a layered, three dimensional look collage from a photograph with this step-by-step tutorial.
As a designer / artist who is always trying to improve, there are times when my brain is on full-throttle creative mode and I seem to tap into a source of inspiration beyond my own capacity. I know that sounds weird. But, what I mean is that when I push myself to innovate, I'm rewarded with with that "stroke of geniu
Fabric collage is a technique used often in art quilts. Learn how to create a layered, three dimensional look collage from a photograph with this step-by-step tutorial.
Check out these picture quilt patterns and projects from the Bluprint community to inspire you to plan your first picture quilt.
So you want to make a fabric collage quilt. Great! After choosing an image to work from, the next step in creating a fabric collage quilt is making a simple pattern. This is a critical step, one th…
A new pet has joined the pack and this time it’s a cat portrait. I’m pleased to say that everyone’s getting along just fine although that’s quite a glare in those eyes! This time, I decided to make a large portrait so I enlarged the original line drawing by 140% on my Canon printer. As you can see on the fabric reference chart, I chose to use 8 values for this project. I traced the cat onto muslin with... Read More Read More
This is Jane. My blog post this week will start from a message from us all. It is our utmost desire when having our retreats at Zephyr to give you the optimum experience….where you are able to lea…
Joanne Schwartz has been a huge supporter of mine for years now. She’s traveled from California to attend a couple of my Maine quilt retreats, and she’s been a joy to have in class each…
Looking for an in-person fabric collage class with me in 2024? My mid-Spring class at Woodland Ridge Retreat in Wisconsin, filled quickly earlier this year. Then three people had to withdraw—but ma…
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As promised, I’m selecting some of the most popular posts from my blog and updating them with video—something that elaborates on or shows more detail in the fabric collage technique. Starting…
But what about those of us – and yes, I include myself in this group - who love our pets so much we want to immortalize them in cloth?
☞For full details on how I create collages using magazines, check out my online workshop and ebook. Whenever I draw a person or an animal, I always start with the eyes. I know I should draw out the basic shapes first, but for me, if I don’t get the eyes right, the drawing doesn’t work. This is a challenge for me wo
Display and quilts by Donna Greenwald, pumpkins made by her sister Donna Greenwald, our Featured Quilter at Annie's Star Quilt Guild'...
I was invited to come to Midland and do a Watercolor, Woven painting demo. Most of the time, If I am going to weave a painting, it is usually because I am not real happy with the painting, and this just adds some fun texture. Feel free to download the drawing and try it for yourself! The drawing is done from the painting below it. It is the original I did years ago and nobody wanted it, so I got it out, and traced another one same size. I knew I had done this spraying it and splattering it, so I drew off 2 (saving the old original for demo). I painted two quickly, using my spray bottle, splattering some as I went. I tried to paint one light and one dark. or yellow and orange and red, but making sure the colors were NOT the same. You can tell by looking at the bottom photo where the flowers are different values. You can use your own painting if want. If you do, please send me what you do! I would love to see it. Even if you use mine. You don't have to spend a lot of time, and try to do a lot of detail. Original OLD ugly painting 2 paintings woven together After getting two painted, cut one in strips, different sizes vertically, leaving attached at the top. You can tape it or clip it to a board. You can use scissors or a rotary cutter. (I used scissors since they were handy, and the painting was small (1/8th sheet) After cutting the first one vertically..(You can see I didn't cut all the way through) then cut the 2nd one horizontally. different widths, etc. (don't' worry about straight) then start weaving back and forth like you did in kindergarten, When we made placemats, You will have to leave some pieces out, to make the flowers and stems match up. (I just lay the next strip on top to see if it matches, if not, I lay it aside and cut another one. You have to keep them scooted together tight, and when you finish, turn it over and use masking tape and tape around the edges, so it wont' come undone. You can do any painting this way! It is fun, and gives it a different look. You can not love it too much to cut it up.. If you do, paint something else. This just gives it a different look, almost abstract look to it. The Demo is April 9th in Midland, at the Palette Club. I may do this flower, or decide to do something different. I am thinking I need to enlarge this one so that it will show up more as I demo.
Learn how to make a quilt using cheesecloth fabric. Heather Thomas shows you how and gives you tips for finding, preparing and working with this fabric.
Earlier this month I got to present to my own guild the Foothill Quilters Guild and teach a class the following day. It was nice as I just had to load up my car, take a short drive and speak to familiar faces. No packing of suitcases, trips to the airport , flights etc it was all quite relaxed! In 2
Phyllis Cullen is inspired by the people and places in her life to create art quilts using collage and stain glass quilting techniques.
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