I know that is one HECK of a quilt top - but I'm sure you'll be relieved to know, I'm painting over it.
Are you okay now? ;)
So there it is - the "shirt" is starting to come to life. And yes, I was right - it's 90" wide by 65" long.
Holy cow, right? But that's because I've used a real men's shirt - and proportionately, it had to be that big.
So it has indeed been a bear to quilt - I've been doing my old trick of quilting with two threads, both heavy white cotton which will show up the best under the paint - but phew! Jezebel doesn't like it much and she's been complaining!
My poor old arthritic hands have been complaining too. *le wah*
In the home stretch now - just over 1/2 quilted - so by the weekend I think, I can start to paint!
See you on Friday with something crafty!
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This is an interesting process. I have been looking into the idea of backgrounds lately. I can see how this mixture painted over would give subtle images here and there. I am thinking it would not be dissimilar to the results sketchbook people get be adding more and more transparent pieces on top of one another in various ways. Looks like if it did give that result, it would be a whole lot easier!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing the next step.
Sandy in the UK
I can't wait to see what this develops into - you have a really fertile imagination, and I love the things you've done in the past.
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm really interested to see where you go with this. :)
ReplyDeleteYou made this for the sole purpose of painting on it, eh? Hmmmm...!
ReplyDeletePoor machine, and poor hands! Are you using cotton thread or polyester? Does one take up the paint better than the other? Or resist? I'm intrigued at how it'll show up later...
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing where this takes you.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the progress on this piece and how you transform it.
ReplyDeletePhew!Looking good!
ReplyDeleteI am quite jealous of your slug free hostas too:)
I can totally relate. I've been quilting for two days. Can't wait to see how this "strange" piece looks covered with paint.
ReplyDeleteKit,Just sitting back patiently waiting to see where this one takes us. Can't wait. Cleta
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