It was a good day to play around with thread cut offs, frazzled threads and frazzled me, couldn't have been a better mix. I've been wanting to try the fusing technique I've been seeing on so many mixed media blogs. What If I found out that I really did save all this for a reason?
I fused the thread scraps between tulle with fusible web
Cut that into strips as a takeoff from the last CQR block I did .... (sorry about the clarity above)
and came up with the greatest pieces of color and texture to use. I loove it!! This batch will go on a whole cloth block but I did ask myself... What If I pieced a block as normal, cut these strips into shapes ie. scallops, flowers or ric rac shapes and embellish the seams that way?
The hoop worked well holding the strips firm (something I knew I had to improve upon from the last one I made)
The 101 Crazy Quilt Blocks book by Linda Causee is offering up some ideas for the strip layout and we'll see how it goes considering the lengths I have to work with. This is a fun one...
9 comments:
I have a very huge bucket of thread scraps and like you I have been meaning to do something like the tulle and fusible. Glad to see yours worked so well!
What a very cool idea, Jane. Your strips are SO pretty! I can't wait to see how you progress on this one.....
wowie, thanks for the nice comments on my blog! This is so great! I love it. It's like you made fabric a whole new way. Awsome!
Another excellent what if and CQR idea.
This is one of my favorite "what if" ideas yet!
I guess I'd better start saving my thread now. :-)That looks fun...messy but fun!
Oh my gosh Jane - what a cool idea. Love it. Gotta try it. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to see your CQ block you make with it
What a great idea, thanks for sharing and showing us how!
great idea for both the CQR as well as the TIF challenge
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