Thread Painting Tips

 This week I taught a thread painting class at Sew Nice.

I was amazed at how fast my students learned to thread paint.

There was so much information that I gave them that I wanted to post a few reminders and a picture is worth a thousand words.

The picture above is a sample of what we did.

Here are the reminders:

Always bring your thread to the top so you do not have a knotted mess underneath your project.

 

If you thread paint an embroidered picture, I use two threads for the top.  I have a large cone of thread that is pictured and a bobbin of thread.  When I thread my sewing machine, I thread the two threads like they are one thread.  You may want to loosen your thread tension just a little.  You may be wondering why I have two empty bobbins on top of my bobbin full of thread.  The experience that I have had is the bobbin is so light weight that the thread spins off too fast causing some uneven stitching and it crossed my mind that a regular spool of thread would be a little heavier than a bobbin.

So the empty bobbins add just enough weight to make my stitching perfect.

 

This quilt top is still on my design board.

It has been there since October and I am trying to finish.

I would like to have it quilted by next Christmas--we will see!

I have a friend that needs to borrow a sewing machine that is learning how to quilt.

Do you think that I can hook her on quilting with a Singer Featherweight?

She wants to see if she likes sewing before she invests a lot of money into a sewing machine.  I hope that she finds it as enjoyable as I do.

Making quilts for others and giving them away is the best therapy there is!

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne

Fabric Picture

 Here is a picture that I printed on fabric for a gift for my son.

I used EQ fabric sheets that you can buy at http://electricquilt.com/online-shop/category/printables/

My sister has experimented with fabric pictures for many years.

She has given away many wonderful gifts such as purses, pillows, wall-hangings, and postcards over the years.

What started me on this project is my printer is getting old and won't print on glossy paper anymore, but will print on matte paper.  

I didn't have any matte photo paper to print on and remembered my printable fabric that has been waiting to be used.  

Why spend money when you can try something different with something you already have!

One thing leads to another and I ended up machine quilting the border around my son's picture and I framed it with a black picture frame.
Since I have finished my picture project, my printer has been telling me that it's tired and wants to retire.
So my printer is wants to retire and I just bought new ink cartridges!
Oh Well!

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne