Originally Posted by
lwbuchholz
yolajean
I decided to make the quilt with embroidered flowers. The pastels I chose didn't play well with the dark colors of the flower prints. I used a decoupage glue but I am sure any water based glue would work. this was a post by gammieju so if you search her name you should find more information. I will post a picture of to flowers side by side. I washed all of them to see how they would work in a quilt and the darker one is the one with the glue. The fabric is a little stiffer than normal but is like taffeta as gammieju stated in her post. Every picture I printed and treated this way washed so very well! I tried all kinds of pretreatments and some of the commercial and they either didn't work or were way above my budget.
I had to experiment and I am sure you will have too. My glue ended up clear and not very thick.
Lynda
Thank you, Iwbucholz! This is a great example and I am going to try it for sure. The Canon printer that I am using, for whatever reason, (and it may be me!!!) does not print a bright sharp image to begin with. Nothing like the flower with the dark background. Mine start out similar to the other example. Have to deal with that before I may expect a better block. appreciate all of your comments and help.