For the remainder of our Common Threads Art Nights we plan on exploring Texture. My page X page challenge was inspired by a little piece I saw over at Approachable Art's blog a few months ago. So I sewed 2 fabrics ,, right sides together. Turned them inside out and closed up the opening, then pleated it. One side was black, the other a black grey astrological fabric. I opened the pleats and spilled bleach down at the seams. Then I washed the little quilt and dried it.
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The print fabric didn't change much in the bleaching. The opened pleats didn't really ruffle like I'd hoped and the tangles are ???. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxx_oM2a1c8iGcUV8F4ACt0pClvPN5Ka8l3UN5V8kaLQ4Y5CW7vTT8oaFv1YVlakjQAXRVAOT4NBzktA4JZ11fMl6iqkzVbyYvLKUfOGlu4K1FfMYFz4FQPhIdp7gyhCkrFmzcdMZ9ZKRR/s400/10march+048.jpg)
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Now I DO have texture!
We had a demo on beading last night and I'm wondering what I could add to this guy to 'enhance' him. The pleats kinda lay down and look less than stellar if I don't keep the nail brush in his sight as a reminder to 'perk up'!
This was quite fun and I need to push the technique a bit to see if I could get it more to my liking.
2 comments:
Oh, Ellen, nice job!! Don't you love the thread schmutz or is it driving you crazy! I love your results and what a neat idea, to use bleach with it!!!
Lol. That is serious texture.
I love the experimental aspect of the project, though. I think doing something like that has the potential to be mind-opening in unexpected ways.
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