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I wanted to make a small quilt with some motifs cut from a medium-scale print.
To accent the design I chose a purple and lavender stripe fabric but needed another print for the cornerstones of my design.
I had an orange fabric that would do but what I really wanted was something with orange AND purple. I decided to stamp the orange fabric to have the right colour combination.
I chose two stamps – a spiral and a triangle spiral. They are both small stamps that would be the correct size for a cornerstone square for my sashing/cornerstone arrangement. This is the triangle stamp.
I like Jacquard’s Lumiere paint. It has a bit of sparkle and I chose the Pearl Violet colour. I squeezed a small amount of paint onto a paper plate and then added a few drops of water to thin it slightly.
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The easiest way to apply the paint to the stamp is with a small sponge. You can see a bit of the sparkle in the paint here.
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Then dab the sponge onto the stamp, being sure that all the raised areas are evenly coated with the paint.
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and the remaining small squares with the triangle spiral stamp.
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I washed the paint off the stamps right after I stamped the fabric. I used soap and water and a small brush to remove all the paint.
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And here is the finished quilt.
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Next time you don’t have quite the right colour fabric, why not try stamping to make it just right!
3 comments:
Daphne, WOW! I loved the idea. You presented it very clearly. Ruby
Thank you for sharing your step by step process in this technique. I am a retired primary art teacher and I appreciated your OPEN sharing of this process with the photos. I am a member of the ink jet transfer with yahoo group and just wanted you to know I visited your blog.
Sharon Eley
Chillicothe, OH
Nice to 'meet' you Sharon. I've been playing with transfers - may blog about that later this month.
Daphne
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