Paper waves

I have been playing some more with water soluble paper. This time I painted it completely after dissolving parts of it. I used acryllic paint and added pearlex powder for sparkle. I sewed it by machine to a piece of synthetic felt and took a heat gun to the felt afterwards. The felt crinkled up in places and holes appeared so I mounted it on a piece of bright blue felt to allow the color to show through the holes.

If you click on the picture, it should enlarge for you. I have also been working on some larger quilts with Bali Pops and new marble fabric but you don't get to see those until they are quilted!

IF: Talisman

I played with water soluble paper this week. I used two pieces for thickness and drew lines with ink on the top one. Then I added water with a paint brush and the uninked areas began to dissolve. I manipulated the paper with the hard end of the brush until I was happy with it and let it dry.
I painted the whole piece with lumiere paint and when it was dry, I glued it to the felt. I used fusible cording for the string and voila!
Interesting stuff to work with.

Cabbage Patch

One morning while taking a shower, I focused on the tiles in my bathroom and realized that they created a pretty cool design. I jotted it down and went to work where I spent quite a while trying to figure out which five fabrics would work best together.
Cabbage Patch was the result and from that came the table runner design. They are constructed a little differently from each other so I wrote them up as two separate patterns.
They look especially nice with batiks but I would guess that any fabrics would work well.
Yesterday I scored at a garage sale on art supplies and old photos. Some of the photos date back 100 years and I can't wait to try them in a collage. Now...if I just had the time....