Quilting Arts TV series 2500 Make Your Own Leaves project 2501-2 by Nancy Ryan Sponsored by Bernina of America and eQuilter.com
Host Susan Brubaker Knapp with Nancy Ryan
Materials hen the wind begins to to create a more realistic look to the • ½ yard spun polyester interfacing (I blow and the leaves start to leaf. When complete, cut out the use lightweight Pellon® Lutrador®.) Wfall to the ground, Mother leaf. Trim close but do not cut the • Acrylic paint Nature is telling us that fall has arrived. stitching. As a textile artist, I am always looking • Disposable cup 4. Turn the leaf to the back side. Place for things that I can create in non- • Foam brush 24g wire on the main veins only and traditional fabrics and I am intrigued by • Leaf pattern or draw your own zigzag over the wire. • 24g wire (I buy this from the jewelry the way leaves begin to dry and curl up section of a craft store.) during the autumn. Tip: I use a 2.5 zigzag stitch. • Craft heat gun Directions 5. Heat up the craft heat gun. • Thread for leaf veins (50wt cotton or 1. Place acrylic paint in a disposable polyester) Caution: • Sewing machine with free-motion cup and add water a little bit at capabilities a time. Mix with the foam brush Always use a heat gun intended • 90/14 topstitch needle until it is a thin liquid. Place the for crafting. Industrial heat guns interfacing on a protected surface are too forceful and can cause fire and paint the entire piece with the when applied to textiles. Work in a thinned paint. Allow the paint to dry well-ventilated area and have a fire completely. extinguisher nearby.
2. Enlarge the leaf pattern to the 6. Place the leaf right side up on a heat- desired size (my leaf was about 15" resistant surface, such as a cookie x 16"). Place the interfacing on top sheet dedicated to non-food use. of the leaf pattern and trace the leaf Apply heat from the heat gun to with a pencil. the leaf, moving over it in a circular 3. Free-motion stitch on the drawn motion until the interfacing begins lines of the tracing. Create leaf to burn and holes appear. Keep veins by stitching additional lines
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the heat gun moving so it does not concentrate and burn too much in one spot.
7. The resulting leaf can be mounted on a wall, as is, or used as an embellishment on an art quilt. It’s hard to make just one! nancyryanquilts.shutterfly.com
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