Fabric SCrap Book 3

Appliqued title

Once again similar to books one and two but with differences.

Painted stamped fabric 

Wax resists fabrics; stamped fabric [see top of page for rolling stamp tutorial]; the two scraps are handmade fabrics using water soluble stabilizer, one woven the other machine embroidery with added beads; art button [see top of page for art button tutorial] 

Marbled fabric; manipulated fabric

Marbled fabric; seed pods encased in fabric pouch

Screen printed sample; devore sample; fabric made from scraps with sheer top

Painted fabric with bleach resist; fabric made from scraps with sheer top; transfer printed fabric; art button; decorative machine stitching

Gelli prints fabric; bleach resist fabric, patchwork ATC with embroidery and beads

Gelli prints fabrics [by this I mean I used a gelli printing plate]; stamped fabric prints

Painted bleach resist fabric; applique boat and wave

Transfer printed fabric; painted check fabric, painted fabric with machine embroidery; layered handmade paper, painted and embroidered; art button

Inkjet? printed fabric; layered papers and embroidery; transfer print; machine embroidered rose on water soluble stabilizer

Purchased fabrics; flower sample - metallic and sheer fabrics with machine embroidery [this was a City & Guilds sample for a design on a waistcoat]

Transfer fabric print [paints]; handmade fabric from scraps and sheer

Marbled fabric [not very successful]; fish drawn and painted on evolon then machine stitched; beads

Marbled fabric; handmade cord - yarn and machine stitching; leaf stitched on sheer fabric over a hole

Bleach resist painted velvet, machine embroidery; found chain

Marbled fabric; canvas stitching sample; stamped leaf print, embroidered

Painted paper with free machine embroidery; strap

Painted, foiled fabric with decorative machine stitches; found embroidery from a pre-loved item

Patchwork with decorative machine stitches

Bleached resist, flower applique, beads and sequins

Crazy patchwork sample, embroidery

Stamped background fabric; silk painted leaves

Decorative machine stitched smocking

Digital printed fabric; embroidery om aida; patchwork with embroidery; layered, painted fabric with net top, beads and sequins, handmade clay buttons

New York screen prints, some on chamois

Holed, layered fabric, machine stitched and running stitch

Manipulated fabrics

Layered and distressed fabric [burnt with soldering iron, net top layer embellished with embroidery]; painted and stamped thick vilene; painted net from wall tiles; layered sheers and tree bark with embroidery; Florentine embroidery sample

Painted, stamped fabric

Fabric SCrap Book 1

I've made three fabric books to use up some of my old samples and I've given them to my arty friends as gifts. So basically they are books of my old crap, which is stuff I didn't want to throw out but I also didn't want to leave in a drawer forever.

The inside cover is a piece of hand painted and stamped fabric. 

On the other side is fabric which was printed on an inkjet. I took the design from a photo of a tile at the Alhambra. I sewed on the metal decoration from my stash.

The next page has been printed with string or cord. I've added stitching to enhance.

Then a page with a background printed from wallpaper rubbing. There is a sample of a flower which was free machine embroidered done on water soluble stabiliser. Also some dyed lace and a small sample of smocking cut from something purchased.

The background fabric [thick coat fabric] behind the stitched  house [aida] has been screen printed plus ribbon and hand decorated fabric.

The circle - I used puff binder [expands when heated/ironed], paints then stitchery.

Different denims - sea, sky, boat. The hills are a handmade fabric -fabric scraps topped with sheer fabric.

Handmade paper with a painted layer of interfacing,then hand embroidered. A strip of fabric made by using transfer paints. Handmade art buttons.

I think I made a stencil for the flowers. Freehand machine stitched. For the strip at the bottom I used a Gelli Plate and stamps.

Machine stitched penguins with black fabric heads and painted feet and beaks. The lower strip is handmade paper - glued strips of paper, then stitched. 

Paper stencils, screen printed, the brighter parts painted by hand, machine stitched

Hand painted fabric plate, machine stitched. Stuffed spatula and egg yolk.

Distressed velvet [bleached and painted] Free machine embroidery. Found metal disc chain from stash.

Handmade fabrics - scraps and sheer, screen printed, devore.

Fabrics using resists, wax with found implements. Small fabric collage. Purchased butterfly.

The leaf is made from layers of sheer fabrics, net etc and machine stitched together. Behind that are  transfer crayon samples, one stitched then slashed.

On the other side there is applique and embroidery.

On the left are samples of embroidery [composite canvas stitches and open filling stitches]

On the right is a sample of rough edged mola

Small pieces of fabric overlapped and joined with decorative machine stitches.

Screen printed background. Freehand machine embroidery with metallic threads. The bird was a fabric gift from Australia.

The background fabric page was marbled.

The flower on the left was digitally printed on fabric made up from an original screen printed patterns, then machine stitched. The other sample is an attempt at machine smocking using decorative stitches on painted fabric.

The black samples on the right are a discharge printed sample and the lacy one is actually melted plastic with a black fabric background. Dyed and stitched leaves with recycled silk flowers.

Screen printed background fabrics.

The pinky sample is layered and distressed fabric [burnt with soldering iron with a net top layer embellished with sequins and stitched. An embroidered sample to the side. Handmade clay button and objects.

Screen printed New York scenes.

Layered squares of various fabrics.

Manipulated fabrics, some with wire.

Layers - Painted and stamped thick Vilene. Layered and distressed fabric [burnt with soldering iron with a net top layer embellished with embroidery.

Painted net from tiles.

Layered sheers and tree bark with embroidery.

Florentine embroidery.

And we are back to the inside cover which is a piece of hand painted and stamped fabric.

I used a book binding technique to join the pages together.

Lace and Flower Embroidery

Painted lace on a fabric background also painted and stamped. Embroidered flower.

TAST 62

Take a stitch Tuesday 62 - Raised Cross Stitch Flower.

A new stitch for me. I did the flowers in cotton perle first and thought it needed something else and I remembered I had some silk ribbons. When I found the ribbon I also found various lilac threads and one of them was like a chenille, so I used that instead. Some of the flowers look quite square-ish rather than round but I suppose real flowers are not all perfect either. I've also done a chain stitch stalk, some pink fly stitch [I thought afterwards that this was the wrong colour pink but I left in anyway] and stitch on some tiny square sequins. The background fabrics are hand painted and stamped, the lace is hand painted and stitched on - backstitch and little sequins.

TAST 58, Painted Fabrics

Take a Stitch Tuesday - week 58 - I'm a bit behind, this stitch is from a few weeks ago. The stitch is woven detached chain stitch and my sample includes back stitch and beads. Click on the image to enlarge.

The background is fabric I had painted and stamped on using mainly hand made stamps and roller stamps. I did a few other fabrics and lace too, they are for a new book of pastel colours [some are bright pastel?!]

Elephants x 4

All the same shape and size [20x20cm] the elephants were done in different ways.

Above - painted/stamped [with handmade roller stamp] using acrylics, the elephant was hand embroidered, and padded before wrapping around the canvas frame.

The acrylic painted fabric was very stiff to stitch through!

Below - the same as above but colours and stitching was reversed.

Below - painted/stamped canvas, the pattern was etched into the paint.

Below - painted canvas, etched pattern on grey paint, painted/stamped organza fabric, hand stitched outlines

Part of the 'Layers' collection.