Monday, May 29, 2017

Picture re-cap of May GreatFul Threads.

What a fun meeting marbling fabric with shaving cream and Tsukineko ink.

Put down a layer of shaving cream, drop the ink and swirl.

We used combs and hair picks. After swirling you get great designs on tips of comb.

Brenda brought tone on tone fabric. It added depth to the design .

Vista's design after heat setting with an iron.
Tsukineko all purpose ink dropped on shaving cream before marbling.

Wear rubber gloves, this ink is permanent.

Love the black, it gives the eye a point to rest.

We had a full table of members and supplies!
Good to have Martha Ooten with us. She was Sandi's assistant.
Immediately after scraping shaving cream, heat set to prevent ink from bleeding (unless of course you want it to bleed!)

Margaret has one finished and is on to the next design.

Rorschach test?
This technique is addictive. It's like Christmas when you scrap off  the shaving cream. You never know what's underneath!

Thanks to everyone who brought ink and supplies to share.
Different combs give different designs.
It will be wonderful to see what everyone makes with their marble dyed fabric.

This piece was left at the iron. Will bring it to June meeting, Susan's maybe?
Show 'N Tell. Delores made these great origami folded purses.

Sandi is working teeny tiny. Design on left will be a pillow top.

April meeting was Zentangle. Sandi's initial. Great job!


Martha breeds animals for fiber. Shawl she is knitting is wool from her rabbit.
Martha Steele's bag from a previous year Round Robin. Her inspiration was a Pete the Cat book.
Back side of Martha's bag.
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Martha was doodling only to discover her design had already been made into bathroom tiles!

Another bag in progress. This one with free motion stitching all in black. 
Vista went to the Mary Kerr workshop on using vintage fabric and blocks in Modern quilting.

Vista went to the second Mary Kerr workshop. Vintage handkerchiefs were used for this one.

Melissa is teaching a class on free motion quilting.
Close up of Melissa's free motion piece. She is good at this.

Susan's nephew graduated and this is his gift.

Close up of Susan's nautical theme quilt.

Delores won the door prize supplied by Sandi. It is a handmade book, front and back cover are hand woven by Sandi.