Transforming the stash
Rather than tossing some of the fabrics in my stash that are no longer the kind of fabric I use in my quilts, I’ve been painting them. Not only is it a lot of fun, but I now have about 30 transformed fat quarters in luscious colors and various techniques using mostly Setacolor paints. On a few I have added some Jacguard paint. Here are three of the pieces that I’ve painted recently.
This piece was painted on quality muslin yardage which I had kept for years, for some unknown reason.
Now I wish I had a lot more of this fabric, a white on white Christmas fabric that I picked up on sale after the holidays a few years ago. It painted up beautifully.
I had almost 8 yards of a boring solid pink good quality cotton. I think that I had planned to use it for a back for a quilt for my little girl when she graduated to a big girl bed. She is now 27, and I never use solids anymore, so I decided it was safe to transform it. The pink added such a wonderful undertone to every piece I painted on it.
So my suggestion is - go for it! See what you can do with those out of date fabrics before you toss them.
July 29th, 20073:38 pm at
These are lovely! I’m going to be digging out my out-of-date/out-of-favor fabrics to see what I can do with them. I’ve never used Setacolor paints, only Procion dyes. If you have time, please do a little description of the products and the techniques you used to create these. Thanks so much for sharing! Susan
July 30th, 20072:26 pm at
What a wonderful idea! I can’t wait to see what waits in my stash!
August 6th, 200710:58 am at
They’re beautiful! Great idea to start with the preprinted Christmas one. Turns out we do have internet access here ;).