Stars in My Garden & Sherry's Floral Applique

I'm so happy that Sherry trusted me to quilt this beauty!! 

I'm also still working on Stars in My Garden.  If you look closely, you'll see that the center section, where I started, is lighter than the outer edges.  After some testing, we've decided that I just wasn't working the color into the fabric as well then as I am now.  I've also found out that you CAN color over it, even after using the extender.  Just make sure you re-do the extender.

WIP Wednesday - Stars (no, I'm not done YET!!)

Here's this week's update.  I ran out of the extender (the liquid stuff to bind the pigma pencils to the fabric), so I missed a couple of nights of coloring.  Here's where I am: 

Mary's Primrose Lane

Mary started working on this in late November.  Imagine my surprise when she brought it to me mid February for quilting!!  She said it was just too fun, that she was able to finish it in no time!  Mary happened to be downstairs, working on a charity quilt, when this went on the machine.  I put eight different threads on the quilt, and nothing seemed to work. So I called her to come make the decision. On her way up the stairs, she said, "So,  'poopie green' isn't going to work?"  I hadn't thought of that.  This quilt had blues, and whites, and pinks.  Some green.  Not much....??  So I grabbed the spool.  Want to guess what she chose - and I'm glad she did!!  Quilter's Dream Puff batting, Poopie Green (King Tut 610) thread on top and Bottom Line in the bobbin.  The panto is Cutie Patootie!

 

Work in Process Wednesday

Here's this week's update on Stars in My Garden.  My youngest was home sick for a couple of days, so I colored. It's coming along!

 

 

 

Stars in My Garden - The how-to!

I've been asked to explain how I'm doing the coloring on "Stars in My Garden".  The left side shows how the quilt looks after it's been quilted and before coloring. To the right is an area that has been colored.



















I'm using Pigma pencils for the colors, then sealing the coloring with Jacquard Textile Color,  #100 Colorless Extender.  I've seen the pencils at Michaels and JoAnn.  I bought the Extender at dharmatrading.com.  I'm sure it's available at other places.

Use the pencils to color the area.  It's best to use lots of light strokes to add color, not heavy strokes that could later flake off.  Work that pigment into the fabric, shading the edges and veins.  Use more than one color - nothing in nature is just one color!  I even throw a little purple or yellow into the leaves.  Once an area is colored the way you want, use a small paint brush to apply the color extender.  You only need to put this where the fabric has been colored.

I did a video but it won't download.  I'll keep trying, but I wanted you to have the information you asked for.