PattyJo 92 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I\'ve been working on this sitting in front of the TV at nights after I\'m done in the studio. This is just a sneak peak of my newest project. I hope to get it finished for the June 6th NWLA\'rs meeting and I\'ll bring it for show and tell. Here it is: Thanks for looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LA Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Well Patty jo, I\'d say you have spent some worth while time doodling, it\'s just beautiful & so spring-y! Love it girl!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DoryJM 76 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Wish I were closer. I\'d love to see this in person--its gorgeous!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bsktsn3cats 1 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Really, really pretty. What are you using to color it with? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JAB 0 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Wow, beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sewfriendly 0 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Irena Bluhm uses get this Roseart colored pencils. She uses some kind of liquid medium. I wish I knew a little more to tell you. She has a book on the technique. It\'s called " Quilts of a Different Color" You can buy it from AQS\'s web site. www.AmericanQuilter.com I saw her and the book with her kit a MQS. I decided I could get the book cheaper thru AQS and I already have the Roseart pencils. I still need to get that book ordered! :cool: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PattyJo 92 Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 thanks for the words of encouragement. The colored pencils that I had were very inexpensive, yet they work too. If you are doing a large bed quilt or wall hanging, there are 3 different liquids that you mix together and paint over the pencil coloring to set it, but if you are doing a smaller wall hanging, you can use any textile medium, paint over the colored places, let it dry and then heat set it with an iron. Part of this picture is a panto that I quilted up from Designs by Deb ("Hibiscus") and then I added freehand stuff around it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ffq-lar 3,612 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Luscious, Patty Jo--can\'t wait to see all of it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quiltmonkey 445 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 As Sherry Rogers Harrison would say... YUMMO! Patty Jo, after you debut this at your fellow quilting buddies NWLA\'rs meeting, you need to show this at the big shows so everyone all over the place can appreciate it. It\'s super pretty. I love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sams Mom 1 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Patty Jo, That is very pretty. I took Irena\'s class last week at MQS but I haven\'t sat down to finish my block. I\'ll post it when it is done. It is very theraputic. I\'m thinking about doing one to enter next year. (HA HA) Donna Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PattyJo 92 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Good for you Donna. I also feel very calm, cool and peaceful as I do this. Who says I need therapy. This takes me back during the covered wagon days, coloring in my coloring book in grade school :cool: I am joking - just incase you thought that I really did live in the covered wagon days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sams Mom 1 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Your covered wagon reminded me of a speaker who once asked "How many of you grew up without houses?" I was shocked when a whole bunch of ladies raised their hands. I just couldn\'t imagine. I snapped about a minute later. She had said " with OUT houses", not "without houses.: It gave me a good chuckle. Donna Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrmquilt 1 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Patty Jo, This is gorgeous, I can\'t wait to see the whole quilt!! Michele Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SherryRogers 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Patty, Patty Patty...this is pretty, pretty, pretty!!! Thanks oodles for sharing a sneak peek! More, more, more, pretty please! Yummo-lishious!!! ( a new one for you Shana) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TracyeQ 8 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Patty Jo that is fantastic!!!!! What a brilliant idea to use part of a pantograph! I\'ve just been auditioning threads to start quilting my class sample from her class last week. I finished marking it last night. I LOVE your colors!! Can\'t wait to see more pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sandra Darlington 117 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 That looks fantastic, Patty Jo. I may have to buy Irena\'s book and some pencils, too. I really would like to make one. Thank you for posting yours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbi 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 What a pretty quilt this will be - so colorful and springy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PattyJo 92 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I am humbled by all your comments. You know that this is only about a 6" square of a much larger piece and of course I showed you the prettiest spot! I\'m going to continue coloring tonight and hopefully, will be able to get the textile medium on it in a day or so, after I finish a couple of quilts. I just love doing this, but your hands do get tired. Thanks for all the comments. I\'ll post pics after the meeting for ya all to see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sewlinzi 28 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I wondered what a coloured in quilt would be like to do as I\'ve got Irena Bluhm\'sa book... love these subtle colours - it is gorgeous! LINZI x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ela 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 PattyJo It looks so wonderfull! I lover fabric painting. But I do it with expensive pencils! In Germany everything is expensive when you want to have some fun in your freetime! You want some fabrics .... expensive ... you want to do your own warm socks ..... expensive and pencils for fabric painting are ...... expensive I love the book of Irena Bluhm! But I don´t know where I can buy the textile medium! I think in Germany we don´t know that. Does everyone knows if Irena Bluhm has an Internetshop or something like that? Thanks Manuela Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica Gamez 29 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 That is so cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quilting Heidi 1,398 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Patty Jo, That is going to be gorgeous. I can\'t wait to see the whole thing and for those of us not going to the NW get-together be sure to post pictures! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PattyJo 92 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Hello Manuela over the ocean - the colored pencils tht I have I bought in an office supply/school supply store and spent very little $$ for them. Less than $2 if I remember right. They are very inexpensive here. Maybe I could send you a box if you can\'t find them in Germany. I know that there are paint sticks here that are more money, but these are the kind that children use in school. And as far as the textile medium, they sell it in craft stores in the same section as acrylic paints, little 2 oz bottle is maybe $3 or $4 and goes a long way. The fabric that I\'m using is some that I think is rayon. I\'ve had it for so long that I\'m not really sure what it is. I just thought that I would practice on it and then buy sateen (Which Irena recommends) later for yet a more beautiful wall hanging. I can\'t remember the sizes of the quilts that she has made, but I can\'t imagion doing a full size bed quilt this way. It is hard on my hands as you have to kind of scrub the color into the fabric. Anyway I hope that this will help you find these items. As far as thread goes, I tried using cotton thread and did 2/3 of it with it, but I think I have a bad cone of thread cause it started to break every 10 to 12 inches and I ended up having to change to a poly and that worked much better. I hope this will help you find these products and then just go for it.!!! It really is FUN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ela 0 Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Hello PattyJO! Thank you so much for your answer!The colores pencils I can find in an school supply store too. And after you explain (hope it is the right word) me where I can find the textilmedium I try to find it in an art shop! In Germany there are only a few people who paint on fabric. They only do it on kids t-shirts or pillows. But never freehand! So I can´t get a lot of stuff for this. But know I can try to find. Thank you again and have a lot of fun with painting fabrics. Manuela Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BarbWetzel 0 Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 I got something similar to that at MQS this year.. Can\'t wait to get started.. Barb Wetzel Ivy Corner Quilting Altoona, Iowa 50009 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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