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KENNEDY QUILT EMBELLISHMENTS: 5 FRee QUILT EMBELLISHMENT IDEAS QUILTINGDAILY.COM 3 ©F+W Media qUILT EMBELLISHMENTS Quilting Daily 5 QUILT EMBELLISHMENT IDEAS or me, nothing is more satisfying than being able to create artwork MATERIALS Fthat combines several of my favorite mixed-media art techniques with embroidery, incorporating, too, my passion for pattern and love of • Construction paper or handmade paper: a few sheets in different color which, especially at this time of year, are in abundance. color tones • Wax crayons PATCHWORK PAPER-FABRIC • Gold paint stick • Pointed tool such as an awl or a BACKGROUND dry pen • Colored inks (or leftover fabric dyes) BACKGROUND PAPERS • Paintbrushes: soft bristle or sponge • WonderUnder®, ½ yard 1. Choose a color scheme and gather ® your materials. Take 3 sheets of • Iron-on Pellon interfacing, ½ yard paper (construction or handmade) • Parchment paper and draw shapes, patterns, and • Iron and ironing board lines with colored wax crayons. • Sewing machine and accessories (A Cover 1 sheet of paper with size-90 needle is a good choice.) circular patterns, another with • Machine threads: rayon, silk, linear patterns, and the third sheet polyneon, and metallic with just plain colored areas and • Needles and hoop for hand embroidery no pattern. Push down firmly on the crayon to ensure that you leave • Scissors enough wax on the paper’s surface • Decorative yarns and threads to resist the ink. Try rubbing the • Felt crayon sideways across the paper For embellishment leaving a broken textured effect, • Beads, sequins More decorative yarns and threads as this will give nice resist results 3. Take a large, soft paintbrush or a • when the ink is brushed on top. sponge brush and apply colored • Acrylic paints Layer different colors on top of inks. Let them blend together • Muslin each other, and leave some areas and flood over the waxed paper, • Rubber stamps of the paper without crayon so sponging off any excess if it gets • Gold stamp pad that the ink will soak in, giving too wet. Leave the papers to dry, • Soldering iron and heat-resistant mat a contrast to the waxed areas. allowing the ink to resist the wax. • Sheer fabrics such as organza, Build up a collection of at least 3 twinkle, voile different decorated papers. 4. To build up a rich surface, apply • Tissue paper or water-soluble gold paint stick. Let the design stabilizer Note: Hard wax crayons will resist the guide you as to where to use it. • Hoop for machine embroidery ink more than soft wax crayons. Now apply a darker ink over the 2. Now use a pointed tool and scratch gold wax and leave the papers to into the wax to create marks and dry again. give texture. These marks will 5. Iron the decorated papers between suggest areas to stitch later. sheets of parchment paper, melting Tip: For pattern inspiration, check out the wax into the paper. Repeat with books on oriental rugs and carpets. more wax crayon and ink. Dry the papers and iron once again. QUILT EMBELLISHMENTS: 5 FRee QUILT EMBELLISHMENT IDEAS QUILTINGDAILY.COM 4 ©F+W Media qUILT EMBELLISHMENTS Quilting Daily 5 QUILT EMBELLISHMENT IDEAS TURN PAPER INTO Tip: Make sure you use a large-eyed PAPER-FABRIC machine needle to cope with the metallic threads, the thickness of the paper- 1. Iron a piece of iron-on interfacing fabric, and the embellishments being to the backs of your papers. Use a stitched. medium heat, between the wool and cotton settings, and remember to 2. Machine stitch along the lines use parchment paper over and under forming the patterns; use both your papers to protect them, as well straight and varied-width zigzag as your iron and ironing surface. 2. Once you have cut out the pieces, stitches. Working from light to lay them face down in position on dark, change threads regularly, 2. Take a piece of WonderUnder and parchment paper. Make sure all of building up an interesting stitched iron it to the fronts of the papers. the edges butt up to each other, surface. Variegated threads look Leave it to cool and then peel away leaving no spaces or gaps between. good, too, and add subtle color the backing paper. 3. Now lay a piece of iron-on changes. Do not over-stitch the Note: If you remove the backing interfacing on top, cover with more paper-fabric; aim to enhance the paper while it is still warm, you will parchment paper, and iron well to design with stitching that still get a duller surface than if you leave fix it in place. allows the design to show through. the fusible to cool before removing the 3. To add a different stitched backing paper. 4. Determine your desired finished size and cut out your favorite area texture to the surface, wind 3. Now comes the really fun part! This from the paper-fabric. I chose a embroidery floss onto the bobbin, always scares my students, but I 9" × 9" square. bypassing the tension spring in assure them, and you, that it won’t your machine, and machine a be disastrous. Taking your decorated straight stitch upside down. Be papers in hand, completely crumple STITCH, sure to lower the upper tension and scrunch them up. This will EMBROIDER, before stitching. Draw a pattern soften the fibers in the papers and onto the wrong side of the make them feel more like fabric. EMBELLISH paper-fabric where you wish to Make sure you crumple them well, Now that you have created your place your design, and machine all over, to ensure that sufficient patchwork paper-fabric it is ready stitch following the drawn lines. softening occurs. for embroidery, embellishment, and Alternatively, for a more random stitch.