Quilting Arts - February-March 2016_

(Grace) #1
“Things Your Mother Warned You About: Fast Boys, Fast Cars” • 30½" × 28½"


  1. Print the photos on an 11"×17"
    black-and-white copier and tile
    the copies so you can piece them
    back together. If they don’t line
    up, it just adds to the funky, off-
    kilter look.


NOTE: Your prints have to be toner
copies; inkjet prints can’t be worked
into the surface with gel medium.


Preparing the Fabric



  1. Rip the cotton duck fabric into
    pieces and sew it back together
    so you have funky edges and
    strings hanging off.
    Next is my favorite part: painting.
    I’m open to any method.

  2. Randomly throw some white
    paint onto the fabric. Scrape
    the paint on with a plastic
    putty knife or squirt it on with
    a syringe. Be patient and let it
    dry thoroughly.

  3. Add a wash of white paint and
    gel medium to the whole surface
    and allow it to dry again.

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