Mind bender and embellishment

Mind Bender is a Bali Pops quilt that I designed and made a pattern for. It is already hanging at Quiltz if you want to see it in person. I love the colors and all the subtle patterns that appear when you stare at it long enough!


This piece measures 9 x 12 and is mounted on black felt and foam core. I used more of the water soluble paper and fed some drinking straws through it. Since the straws are made of plastic, paint did not want to stick to them so I wrapped them in eyelash yarn and beads. The fabric beads in the lower righthand corner were created by wrapping fabric around a knitting needle, painting it with glue, rolling it in glitter and then wrapping painted tyvek around that. When the tyvek was heated, it melted to the fabric.

The blue background here is brown paper that was scrunched and then painted. Angelina fibers were fused on top. The weird shaped giant beads were created by wrapping a synthetic green and purple fabric the full length of a knitting needle. Then a strip of acryllic felt was wrapped over the fabric and it was hit with a heat gun. The metal wire was wrapped before the fabric was removed from the knitting needle and it allows for the bending in the bead. The beads are glued to the black felt background which is mounted on cardboard.

I am off to QSDS in Ohio tomorrow. I will be taking a class on Shibori and seeing lots of incredible quilts at a number of shows. Can't wait to report back!