Maybe someone can help.....
#1
Maybe someone can help.....
I have a friend who is a painter. She came with me yesterday to this quilting week-end and of course was wrapped in everything we're doing and browsed through lots of fabric.
Now her question is: if she made a painting on a canvas, flat, not on a frame, and then integrated this canvas in a quilt, say as a middle piece, is there a way to treat the canvas so the quilt later on could be washed too.
Thanks for your ideas and feed-back.
Have a lovely Sunday!!!
Cheers
Now her question is: if she made a painting on a canvas, flat, not on a frame, and then integrated this canvas in a quilt, say as a middle piece, is there a way to treat the canvas so the quilt later on could be washed too.
Thanks for your ideas and feed-back.
Have a lovely Sunday!!!
Cheers
#3
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If you made a wallhanging, it would probably work. But washing? If she painted with a fabric paint on some kind of fabric, it would probably work. I don't know how canvas would wash. But Quilti has the best idea. Check her out.
#6
I would suggest fabric acceptable paint on quilting grade cotton. The canvas would be too thick and wouldn't match the weight of the rest of the quilt.
If she is into computers then there are quite a few programs available to help scan/dray/etc whatever onto fabric.
If she is into computers then there are quite a few programs available to help scan/dray/etc whatever onto fabric.
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I believe the answer is within the art community. This is not something quilters deal with. However having said this, we see many quilted pieces entered in shows that the base design has been painted with thread painting over the painting. So the question for me is why would it need to be washed. Is the artist to make blocks to be put into a quilt to be used on the bed. Questions, questions.
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