When I thought of Spring my daughter said "you always cant wait until its warm enough to hang the sheets out to dry. " When I bring the sheets in they smell so delicious! There are woods behnd our house. We always have a rope tied between two trees. About a month ago I took a class called "Creating with Cool Stuff" from Linda Schmidt, Fiber Artist thru my guild. She had several techniques which I thought would be perfect for my quilt. I started with puff paint to create my trees. I painted the trees on muslin, let them dry and then painted them brown and black for the bark. Once they are dried you use a heat gun to make them puff. I then cut them away from the muslin.
Next came the leaves. Linda showed us how to use a heat gun on Lutadur sheets. The heat created holes in the Lutradur. I painted the sheets with greens and yellows to create a spring leaf color. Once the paint is dried you iron the lutadur to steam a seam lite so it can be adhered to the quilt. After ironing onto steam a seam you pull it apart to look like the leaves.
Once the trees were finished I created the background. I decided I didn't want to have a sheet hanging from the clothes line. I thought I should make a miniature quilt which I have never done before. I paper pieced the quilt. I also needed to make clothes pins. I cut balsa-wood into the shape of a clothes pin. Spring was a fun project. I was glad to be able to use a few new techniques I had just learned.
This quilt made me smile.I remember having to hang laundry for my mom as a child. The little mini quilt is a great counterpoint to the other colors in the bigger quilt. I love Linda Schmidt and I am glad she is still teaching and has new tricks to learn - thank you for sharing your process.
ReplyDeleteThis is so striking!! Thanks for sharing your techniqes and materials. I want to try them out. The miniature quilt is just right!!
ReplyDeleteNice! Your techniques are very interesting and new to me. Keep up the creative work.
ReplyDeleteTricia, This is beautiful and brings back so many fond memories. Thanks, too, for your wonderful explanation of the process. Fascinating! Beautifult quilt!
ReplyDeleteI think this is my favorite of your quilts so far. It's just so happy, and the composition is great. You are so amazing at trying new things each month, Great work T!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFun! It had to be fun making this quilt and trying the new techniques. I can smell the freshness and feel the breeze. Ahhh, spring. Of course the little quilt is the icing on the cake!
ReplyDeleteI have fond memories also of my grandmother hanging sheets on the clothesline. Your quilt is a wonderful combination of techniques. It's just beautiful and springy!
ReplyDeleteI remember hanging sheets on my Grandmother's clothes line in Seattle, WA... the line was about 30 feet long, was suspended on pulleys that ran from her back porch way up to a very tall tree. Everything smelled so good and fresh when we retrieved the laundry :-D
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all your techniques - quite an amazing collection of new ways to use these great products ! And your paper pieced quilt was the perfect touch !
NOW I'm sorry that I didn't try to take the class with you from Linda Schmidt! I love how you were inspired to try these new techniques for this very charming quilt. Your trees and leaves are wonderfully textured and the miniature quilt is adorable. I also would like to thank you for the memories for "helping" my mother hang the wash on the clothesline, another sign of spring in the Northeast!
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