Painting.

 

No sewing today, I have been painting this quilt block. It does not show up here with the camera but the V the wings and the parachute are silver/grey. The white has been painted on a black background. Jo Sonia textile medium with acrylic paints.

Quilting With Cats.

 The next two quilts will be made using blocks that have been pre made and sent to me to turn into quilts adding a couple of blocks to personalize it. I will still be using the quilt as you go method.

 Tilli is helping.

 More help.

 Meggie inspecting.

 Showing the blocks I have made.

Another one of Tilli.

Aussie Hero Quilt Finished.

 Angry Birds quilt.

Laundry bag.

Aussie Hero Quilt Continued.

All blocks have been sewn and appliqued on. Putting it all together tomorrow.

Aussie Hero Quilts Continued.

This is the Aussie Hero quilt I am working on at the moment. All applique. Black blocks have been quilted and cut to size, the Angry Birds have been drawn out, cut out and ironed on in place ready to sew then quilt around. sashings will be black with the binding colourful.

Aussie Hero Quilts Continued.

Painted 2 blocks yesterday, This is for 2 quilts I have in the works. Both of these will have block of the month blocks coming to me in the post. I washed and ironed them today. The blue and black bled a little. To use them I will have to iron them onto webbing and fussy cut them out. Lesson learned, not all acrylic paints are the same.  Today I will be making swatches with all the brands I have, name the brands and photograph before and after treatment. I will keep you posted. The other quilt I have started is a fun one, Angry Birds.

Aussie Hero Quilt Finished.

Aussie Hero quilt finished.

With a laundry bag as well.

Next Aussie Hero Quilt Started.

This is the start of my next Aussie Hero quilt. Australian flag, Flag of Japan, Un flag and Continent of Africa.This time though I will be blending in the block strips.

Aussie Hero Quilt Finished.

 Aussie Hero quilt request finished.

Laundry bag as well.

Aussie Hero Quilt In Progress.

This is the next Aussie Hero quilt in progress. The request is for Aussie flag and CSU flag. Tilli is helping.

Aussie Hero Quilt Finished.

This is the other Aussie Hero quilt request finished. The same request as the quilt before and I worked on them at the same time.

Aussie Hero Quilt Finished.

Aussie Hero quilt finished. The request was for the UN flag, Continent of Africa.

Gifts For My Kitties!

Thank you for the lovely packets of cat food for my kitties, My young friend does not even have a cat, but they were giving away these and she was with some friends and thought if me, As you can see a packet has been opened, my cats love them! Thank you so very very much.

Aussie Hero Donations.

 Today we had our Cloth doll club meeting for A.C.D.A. (link on the right hand side of my blog).
A huge Thank you to the two ladies for these wonderful donations.

This I picked up from our freebie table. Lovely stuff indeed. Thank you.

Aussie Hero Quilts Continued.

I have decided to keep the layout simple, It is already very busy with all the colours.

Aussie Hero Quilt Continued.

Aussie Hero quilt so far.

Aussie Hero Quilts Continued.

 All the hand painted blocks have been left to cure for a couple of days, heat set, washed and ironed again.

 I am happy with the results.

 Maps as well.

Just need to write the map details on them. All of the blocks will be quilted then cut to size.

Aussie Hero Quilts Continued.

This is the UN flag logo painted on turquoise background. I used acrylic paint with 1 part paint, a little water and 1 part textile medium. This gave the paint a creamy texture that was not too thick or thin and went where I wanted it to go. This is an experiment, not sure how it will turn out. I have to let it cure first for 48 hours, then I will heat set it and wash then iron again. I have thoroughly enjoyed it from a purely artistic point of view, totally immersed in the project. I will show it again to let you know how or if it works.

Aussie Hero Quilt Requests.

I am working on 2 quilts at once. Both have the same request, Africa and UN flag. I have taken two simple images of sunsets and printed them on photo paper for the clearest colouring and painted them onto fabric using Inktense sticks and pencils. The one on the left has been left to cure for a day, Ironed and heat set, washed and ironed again. The one on the right is still wet, I will leave it to dry and do the same as the other one.

Aussie Hero Quilt Finished.

Aussie Hero quilt finished.

Aussie Hero Quilt Continued.

Layout of the quilt is done, Just need to applique the words on the block then assemble.

Aussie Hero Quilt Continued.

Another part of the request is for Shades of blue. This is it started. Quilt as you go method.

Aussie Hero Quilt Request Started.

This is block 1 of the next Aussie Hero quilt started. The words will be appliqued on after. First though I have to leave it to dry before heat setting it with an iron.

Aussie Hero Quilt Finished.

 Aussie Hero quilt finished. The request was for horses, sunset, hiking and blue and red.

Close up of the sunset. I used Derwent Inktense overlayed with thread.

Mark In His Suilt.

 This is my son in his costume.