Our local regional quilt group TPQ has recently started a small group who are creating 12 x 12 mini quilts to a set theme each two months. I missed out on getting into this group but am waiting to work with the co-ordinator of the first group to establish a second group of 12 quilters. In the meantime I am working along in the background using their themes as practice.
The first theme was energy and I have decided to try something different each time if possible. The above 12 x 12 was made by using a piece of my made fabric and then threads painting a lightening bolt onto it. This is my first attempt at thread painting.
The second theme is labels. I was given a packet of photo printing paper a while ago. I have previously printed images onto fabric for other people using fabric backed with freezer paper but this is the first time I have used printed images myself. I took a photo from our trip to Vietnam which I have always liked. I also downloaded some label images and printed them onto fabric. I have placed the images onto a piece of linen I found in the cupboard. The result is rather stiff but I will continue with it as these pieces are just practice for me. I intend facing this block rather than binding. I don't think there will be too much quilting as I don't want to quilt over the images.
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