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rom the start of each line of stitching have been folded down and sewn over to hold in place as an extension to this i could also have separated the strands of embroidery thread it does say in the notes to make interesting samples as my creative juices brewed with the help of the above samples which are okay but not bursting with imagination i had one of those aha moments and made the following two samples 4 i layered lots of threads between pieces of bondaweb and ironed them together i then pulled away at the treads and edges i sewed a layer of this over the front of black cotton and another layer behind which hangs below the cotton 5 i sewed the bondaweb sample over black cotton topped this with a strip of white cotton and sewed over everything using a free motion foot and black quilting thread read the rest of this entry category distant stitch 3 module 2 14 comments tagged with toggles trims chapter 7 continued april 26 2015 seminole method read the rest of this entry category distant stitch 3 module 2 7 comments ds3 mod 2 chapter 7 piecing methods traditional piecing methods the first method used in this chapter is the log cabin method traditionally cloth was sewn around a square usually but not always in the centre i made a few of the samples shown on page 30 of the course notes after many attempts at sample 7 sample 8 in the unit notes and much cutting and sticking i gave up on making a sample until i did a bit of research on how to do it eventually i came up with something it is one of those things i can do without thinking about it but when i had to do it logically i couldn t i have pinned a few samples of this one onto my pinterest board things i d like to make for future reference i went on to make the samples up in cloth i am displaying the matching work together 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 i made a mistake on this fabric sample although it could be an alternative take on the original plan i m not telling where it is though perhaps you can spot it i enjoyed this log cabin experience which has extended my knowledge of quilting techniques up until now i had only ever attempted a very basic block which i am currently turning into a quilt category uncategorized 1 comment ds3 mod 2 chapter 6 continued again using acrylic paints the dying process was quite long compared to the process of using acrylic paints however i think i prefer the marks made by dying there is still merit in using acrylics though i am a fan of mono printing and this is what i used most of the time on these samples i haven t done a lot of these as i ran out of cut samples and even worse acrylic paint i will continue when i get more paint i took some painting and printing tools out to my shed so that i could work without worrying about any mess i mixed some acrylic with an extender specific names and photo before rolling it out onto the work surface i then brushed in some quick marks zigzag fashion but i was not very happy with these i wondered how i could alter them without wasting ink that s when i wondered what would happen if i altered the cloth instead i rubbed over it with a clear oil bar i have and pressed it into the paint the paint clung to the cloth especially where the oil was i later ironed this off onto grease proof paper this sample is the ghost of the previous one with thin scored lines using a bamboo ink pen made into the existing ink i was thinking about the various patterns i made on paper and the inspiration for them i started making turtle rings into the paint using a stiff brush the ink was thinner round the edges giving a faded effect to the outer sides continuing with the above inspiration i took a different approach to this piece i dabbed some spots on the paint surface printed this onto the cloth then added the loops of paint using a thick brush i think this might have been more effective if the spots had been more defined keeping the pattern and technique simple i made these marks with the edge of the bamboo pen which scraped the paint away quite well i was thinking about feathers at this point rather than print i decided to paint onto this sample i have a small fan shaped brush which worked quite well when pressed onto the cloth although the marks look repetitive the painterly marks change over the sample in tone and shape this lead me to thinking about the shibori sample i did in ch 6 karamatsu shibori i folded the cloth and pressed the fan brush into the cloth so that the marks would show on the other side this worked quite well at times and left paler areas at others i had sprayed the cloth to make it damp so perhaps this had some influence on how the paint behaved the last sample was also inspired by shibori i dampened and folded the cloth and made random marks on the cloth on the top and underside these show as the darker areas on the left and right i could probably have achieved better results through mono printing or leaving the sample for longer before unfolding it i am moving on to chapter 7 now it is great to feel like i am making some progress with this module and i am looking forward to doing some more sewing although i am having reservations about cutting up all these lovely samples category distant stitch 3 module 2 leave a comment ds 2 ch 6 continued the cat s face says it all i am so busy with shibori i have no time for him after completing the stitching winding and tying i moved everything out to the summer house where the dying was taking place for this part of chapter 6 i did a bit more research into dying the cotton there seems to be a lot of different opinions on what is needed and how to mix each solution eventually i settled for shibori p list ing and process but i missed out the urea further reading on the use of this would suggest for my purposes it was not really necessary i did not remove anything from the dye bucket until after the recommended 1 hour i had tied a sample piece to a bit of thread and looped it over the side so that i could take it out and see the depth of colour before removing anything else i was really happy with the results so the exciting bit went ahead i took samples out in batches as this was easier to work with in the untying rinsing and washing process this meant that some samples were in longer than others but i can t see that this had any impact on the colour so i have put these samples into technique groups rather than groups of batches of various techniques tritik shibori 1 2 1 diagonal stitching was used here unfortunately there is a tear in the left hand side i could kick myself i should have been more careful 2 this sheet was folded concertina fashion i drew semi circles on the folds and sewed around the lines p 45 karamatsu shibori shibori for textile artists by janice gunner i only did 2 tritik pieces i should hang my head in shame but still i find the other methods more exciting perhaps i will go back and do more of these later i do like the results you can get but i am lacking patience these days and the poor results from my experiments have put me off a little and to be fair there is a tiny bit of tritik in a sample still to come tie dye 3 4 5 3 i used elastic bands twine and thread to wind round sections of material i also stitched some circles with thread tritik again i should have sewn more circles in different areas why do these things always occur to me when it is too late i guess this is called learning from your mistakes 4 i used garden wire to secure different sized buttons into place it was easy to wind round and tighten up securely and easier to remove than thread i appreciate though that the resulting marks will be different 5 lots of elastic bands at about 1 cm apart wound round bunched and twisted fabric created this delight 6 7 6 and 7 have both been scrunched up into a ball 6 was tied up with twine and 7 was held together with elastic bands they are very similar but on closer inspection the lines on 7 are softer and on 6 they are finer and sharper 8 9 i used little clamps on the folded edges of 8 although i did not use clamps on 9 i thought they looked similar enough to group together i simply folded this the same way as 8 and tied it with garden wire to hold it together i am delighted with the contrast of light and dark and the shapes in 8 but the softer quality of marks in 9 is easier on the eye and not quite so dramatic 10 10 i wondered quite late at night what would happen if the material was braided so i tore this a4 sheet of fabric into strips braided folded and tied up with elastic bands it can only be described as very random and i am not sure how i feel about it apart from liking the lines on the top part arashi shibori 11 12 13 11 and 12 were on the same pole however the material could not be pushed down far enough for all of it to be immersed in the dye so i poured the dye over 11 at intervals if i had made the pole shorter i could have used the cat litter tray but i would still have needed to turn the pole or pour dye over it 13 i found a cylindrical wooden candle holder which has a larger diameter than the other pipe it is also much shorter i had a piece of cloth i quickly wrapped it with bits of twine and thread i had lying around and pushed it into the bucket it floated i had to laugh i thought i had found the answer to all my problems and it bobbed back up at me however i had another candlestick which i wedged it down with revenge is sweet 14 15 just like 11 and 12 above i4 and 15 were on the same pole and i had to go through the same process with 14 this one was held in place with elastic bands whereas 15 was wrapped with thread i love the fine lines created by the thread especially where the colour is at it s deepest and finally i had a few bits n bobs of calico cotton and wool lying around so i threw them in the dye for a short while i did not take the wrapper off the middle of the wool i was surprised to see spaces where it had been given it was not tightly wrapped i thought it would be a good idea o cut the fat quarter of this hexagon material in half and throw part into the dye as it was i later began to think perhaps this was not such a good idea and when i removed it from the dye after a short time my fears were vindicated as it was completely black with no pattern showing at all however after a good wash the pattern reappeared whew the image shows the original cloth on the left and on the right top the right side and on the bottom the wrong side after dying i am so much happier with these results compared to the first experiments i would definitely use the same formula for mixing again it was so easy to do and gave really satisfying results quite quickly the only thing i would say is i would half the quantities for the amount of cloth i used here as i could easily have dyed twice as much fabric i could think more about combining techniques taking materials out earlier to get a greater range in shade and trying out other materials the cat is still waiting for attention but has moved behind me so that i am perched on the edge of my seat time for a little cat cuddle category distant stitch 3 module 2 1 comment ds 3 mod 2 ch 6 dye and paint fabrics dying fabrics first things first it has taken a while to gather all the bits n bobs for this chapter but i think i am now ready i purchased a very good quality pair of pure cotton sheets for 5 which was a real bargain i have cut some a4 size samples and a few smaller ones for practising techniques on i don t have much material which has a pattern except for the few pieces shown however i think the hexagon one is exciting i am using procion mx dye 150 jet black and mixing my own fixative using soda crystals and salt solution when i am mixing the solutions i will be wearing rubber gloves and an apron i thought about a face mask but the quantities are so small i don t think this should be an issue i will also be preparing these solutions in a well ventilated area would you believe i have never dyed anything before not even tie dyed a t shirt even my husband has done this i have painted on fabric though so i am not completely inexperienced for this chapter just a little bamboozled i have been looking for piping to use in both books i have on dying and shibori a 10cm diameter one was used however i could not get one that size and i suspect it would be too big for my samples anyway instead i bought a 4 cm tube which was easy to cut down to size lighter and cost less a while ago my old plastic potting table got caught up in a stormy wind and i found it broken into pieces the following day naturally i threw it out but now i am wishing i had kept the legs they would have made great pipes at the moment i am preparing samples for the various kinds of shibori manipulating fabric in different ways before dying is popular in many parts of the world but especially japan africa and india the universal term for this is shibori the word shiboru means to wring squeeze and press i hope am going to do some of this with cloth not my hands preparing some experimental samples i used a quarter of an a4 cotton sheet for all the above samples i made number 1 using straight stitching across the width of the sample i used single strands of cotton thread for this when pulled together an accordion effect happened sample 2 above shows what zigzags look like when the threads are pulled together for this and the next two samples i used a thicker cotton which was labelled mercer crochet i bought this as part of a job lot years ago and have never used it it seems a good thickness for this material and technique although none of the threads were coated in wax i wonder what difference this will make i need to get some thread waxing done sample 2 this is what sample 2 looked like before i pulled all the threads together for sample 3 i marked wavy lines on the material and sewed over these with straight stitches sample 3 below shows what this looked like before i pulled all the threads together sample 3 sample 1 and 4 do not have before pictures sample 4 started off as concentric circles the larger circles only covered parts of the material drawing the threads together created four separate points next i moved on to folding and clamping small samples in different ways the diagrams bellow explains the folds i made 1 i found the centre of 1 and bound it from this point all the way down to the bottom in equal intervals using elastic bands 2 i scrunched 2 into a ball and the raw edges were tucked in before holding everything in place with elastic bands 3 i used twine here the diagram shows how i folded this sample sample 1 and 2 were worked on the same piece of a4 cloth sample 1 was tied at 3cm intervals and pushed together sample 2 is similar except i have used bands this time and the fabric has been slightly twisted as i pushed together 3 shows fabric held in place with cotton thread i folded the fabric concertina style and wrapped it diagonally on the pipe i tried to bunch it up too but this was tricky as the fabric was...