Friday, April 15, 2016

Sara's Doodling - Doodling around with Thread and Paint


When we got this theme I initially thought about free motion doodling. I talked myself out of it and thought I of a seismograph and the seismic field workers but then this happened! In preparation for my class at Quilting Adventures, I had to prepare an 18 inch square of quilted muslin. I responded to this task using my general overkill approach. I loaded about 2 1/2 yards of muslin onto my quilting machine and spent several days quilting on it in every way I could think out using up almost all of my partially filled bobbins. I cut out my 18 inch quilted sandwich and took it and the rest of the quilt with me to class. The class was taught by Leslie Tucker Jenison using a combination of her techniques and those of Yvonne Porcella. Leslie brought a large variety of paints and surface design tools. She showed us the difference between applying paint to a dry quilt and to a pre-wetted quilt. I was really pleased that I brought the entire piece; I got to experiment and share with my friends. This quilt is a 12 inch piece of my quilted doodling that was painted dry with acrylic paint.

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  1. As usual, Sara, your quilting is beautiful! I know you've had a lot on your plate. I'm glad you could use something you produced at Quilting Adventure!

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  2. STUNNING ! Love your FMQuilting ! Also love that you were able to incorporate wet & dry paints with this project ! And how great that you were able to incorporate our MM challenge into the work you were doing at Quilting Adventures ... WIN / WIN all the way around !

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  4. So fun to incorporate what you learned into doodle!!! Colors and quilt are lovely!

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  5. Doodle, doodle Sara. Love the colors and your stitching is gorgeous. I love that you shared the dry acrylic technique with us. I've never tried it. Tell us more!

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  6. STUNNING ! Love your FMQuilting ! Also love that you were able to incorporate wet & dry paints with this project ! And how great that you were able to incorporate our MM challenge into the work you were doing at Quilting Adventures ... WIN / WIN all the way around !

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  7. Sara, that is so lovely. I am glad you got to take the class with Leslie. She is one of my faves! Very nice doodling.

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  8. Sara, that is so lovely. I am glad you got to take the class with Leslie. She is one of my faves! Very nice doodling.

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  9. I like the paint! It showcases the quilting

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  11. I like the paint. It showcases the quilting nicely!!

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  12. I love your color combinations/swaths. They really bring out the quilting to it's fullest potential.

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