Designing on the Ipad.

I’m using an iPad Pro and an apple pencil.

Vector drawing utilizes a crisp brush tip pen to produce a drawing that can be enlarged for printing. I have a a background in Adobe Fresco and earlier used this brush unknowingly. Artists often create vector drawings in software like Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Fresco. This enables them to produce clean designs suitable for printing. These designs are also suitable for digital graphics and illustrations. Vector drawings offer easy manipulation of shapes, colors, and paths.

Creating “Little Quilts of lusciousness”

Another bright sunny day and I had work on the computer to do. Then I had time to create a “little quilt.” I used a pot holder that I bought at a thrift store ages ago. I love the fabric and I never used it as a pot holder just decoration in the kitchen.

I used a little bit of the momigami paper I made. I added fabric from an old signature quilt. It has seen better days. I also included a little scrap from a Kantha quilt. I slow stitched with 12-weight Aurifil thread.

Momigami paper

Otherwise known as Japanese Kneaded paper.

• First of all I took a page out of an old magazine
• I sponged the paper with a light coat of water.
• I scrunched the paper up into a small ball.
• I put hand cream on my hands and massaged the paper. I rolled it around in the palm of my hand.
• You don’t need to put extra cream on your hands, just the first lot.
• I worked it for about 10 minutes, gently flattening it out every few minutes.
• Be careful to handle it gently so as not to get holes in it.
• You know this old paper is made from fabric, so basically we are just changing the composition.
• I got a few holes in it, so I’m not going to work it too much more.
• It was set to dry. I decided to back it with a little fusible interfacing. This was just to give it some body.

I used a piece of fusible interfacing. I placed it on the back of the picture. It gave it a little more support.

Then choose threads to match from my Mother’s embroidery box. It was made by Dad. In this way, they are both helping me.

I chose the colours to match the flowers and leaves and used them three strand. I wanted to see if I can stitch accurately through the paper/fabric. To my delight it worked well.

This is going to be a “Little Quilt of Lusciousness.” The only thing I had up here at the shack was my last piece of Kantha Quilt. I’ve will even it up on the edges when I get home on Thursday. The flowers will be heavily stitched, but I will just Kantha stitch the leaves and vase.

The small piece of fabric on the vase base was made yesterday from thin gift paper. I will add a little of the paper made from the old storybook, up in the top right hand corner.

The little quilts take a day or two to make. They take even less time if you use a machine. Still, I love the effect and action of slow stitch.

I never know how they will turn out, but I just add stuff………

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