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Shaving Cream Marbling on Fabric

Posted on September 26, 2012 | 4 comments

A few quilty sisters and I got together recently and tried our hand with the ancient art of marbling.

We did it with shaving cream.

We are not Rembrandt, Monet or Picasso.

We are impressionist artist wannabes.

Pat is mixing her shaving cream to create a light milk chocolate background.

Examples of our creativity!

Donna could be creating a confectionary delight!

We had plenty of fun!

We used cheap dollar store shaving cream and not so cheap Tsukineko inks. I have since done a Google search on ‘shaving cream marbling on fabric’ (maybe I should have done this first), and discovered that fiber reactive dyes and textile paints can be successfully used. There are lots of tutorials out there. This is a quick and fun project!

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Tagged fabric surface design, fiber art, LCsCottage, marbling, quilting, shaving cream

Churn Dash Quilt Block

Posted on September 21, 2012 | 2 comments

Churn Dash, found in the perpetual calendar, 365 Quilt Blocks a Year by Nancy Martin, is drafted from a 5 x 5 grid.

Here it is presented in a simple straight set with borders…blocks set square side-by-side:

And in a straight set with sashing (I like that better):

Churn Dash in an on point set with borders:

And set on point with sashing:

The on point settings are really busy…let’s calm it down with a few plain blocks:

My intent is to introduce you to the Churn Dash block. There is so much more one could try simply by experimenting with alternate blocks, value and color, and different borders to completely change the look.

For instance, I am not a fan of the corner blocks in the border, so I’d switch those out. And I might add another plain border. And how about a different color scheme? So many possibilities!

You could play with design using graph paper, but it is so much easier to use Electric Quilt. Either way, have fun!

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Tagged churn dash, Electric Quilt, EQ7, LCsCottage, Nancy Martin Calendar, patchwork, quilt block, quilting

Orca Bay Mystery Quilt Part 10

Posted on September 6, 2012 | 12 comments

My version of Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay design is finished. I gave the quilt to a long-armer. It is the first time that I have trusted someone else to do the quilting on a quilt top that I have made.

Although the long-armer did a good job, she did not do what we had discussed. She showed me some creative ideas and I said to run with them. For whatever reasons, her ideas never materialized and she quilted an all-over design.

Because this is a scrappy quilt with so many prints, I am okay with the quilting. Anything really fancy would be difficult to see (although what we had discussed would’ve been great).