Okay ladies, this is my first attempt at thread painting. I watched videos on you tube for days. Planned it out in my head, practiced, practiced, and practiced.

So,it is not finished yet. Still have the beak, eyes and feet to do, plus the title. The author is a dear friend of mine and I am making this as a Surprise!!! :)

Any constructive critics would be welcome!!

That is BEAUTIFUL!!!

I agree....beautiful!!

gorgous!! I've been dreaming of trying this tech. any pointers???

Watch lots of videos on youtube and practice! It is amazing how much info are on some of these videos!!! I watched the ones by Nancy Prince and Terry White. Also some on HGTV! Have fun!!!

its wonderful!!!!!!!!!!

How do you thread paint? Never heard of it before but that is gorgeous

beautiful !
dar

It's gorgeous!!!

Wow its beautiful

That is really pretty! You did a great job- please post the finished product!

Wow, that is something new to me. I will have to take look and see how it is done. Your's is amazing I would never thougth it was your first. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Wow!!!!

looks good to me

I think you've nailed it....beautifully done!

Terrific job.

I've heard that term but don't know what it is. But I think what you did is beautiful!!! :D

It's very pretty i never heard of thread painting before i am off to watch you tube. I learn something new every day thank you for sharing :)

Admirable job. Congrats on perseverence. The results were worth all that study and effort.

Gorgeous!!!! This has been something that I have been wanting to try for years; always gets pushed to the back of the mind. Then I see one and move it forward again. After seeing yours, and went to a local quilt show yesterday, thread painting is moving up again. They had one that was a japanese floral panel and thread painted over the flowers with various threads. Hmmmmm!!!!!

It looks beautiful!! Your friend will love it. Great job!!

Would also love to see it finished. Beautiful.

me too

What type thread did you use? It's absolutely gorgeous!!

Love it! Before you know it you'll be teaching others how to do this!
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You have done a beautiful job. Well done!

Wow! its beautiful

You asked for some constructive critic so I'll say, what you have so far is really good. To really bring it to life you need to add some shading to help round the shape of the birds body. Basically you need to add the shadowing with a little darker threads to give it a little more dimension.

You're doing great so far though!!

That is gorgeous.

Love it ,hope to see it finished too.

Hi,Okay first im sadden that you only wanted the "ladies"to comment, so either you think men get make rational thoughtful comments(ok that maybe true) or you think men who quilt are "ladies"( just kidding LOL)

It looks good, if i where making it, i would and shadow and shade ,like the other post suggested. And i (meaning if i was doing it,i might sew in some of the words, or a circle,or cross, im not overly religious,but thats what imight do. It doesnt mean thats what you need to do.

It looks nice practice is so true, i should follow your advice

Very pretty

WOW I think you have it nailed down

Looking good!

THANK YOU! I will work on that and post the final piece. :)

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to autismland,

my post are not posting! I wrote twice to let you know that I am apologize for forgetting there were men on this board! I will be more pc next time!!

Thanks for your comments. I will keep working on it.

Beautiful! I am so jealous! My first and only attempt was described (by the instructor) as being done by a blind, french Impressionst artist.

Very nice! I'm going to check to see if there is a pic of the finished dove!...what thread did you use?

I have tried this with an eagle quilt I did...I ended pulling all the stitching out of his head because his head was go close in color to the background, and my background quilting was so similar..the head got lost.

It's my "practice" for a larger eagle quilt...so I chose whatever fabric was close at hand.

I used silver metallic thread on the front & 60 wt poly bobbin thread on the back, both from:
http://www.threadart.com
Size 18 Groz-Beckert needle

I was going to really fill the wings with thread, but, since this is the "sample", I decided to just scribble a bit...making sure the tensions and threads didn't cause me problems on the TL18LS.

The pattern is one I got at a retreat & is supposed to be done in rusts, orange, golds & reds (hence, BLAZE of Glory).. and I bought the fabrics in the correct colors...(the eagle is using the actual fabrics)...but I am a bit frugal, and paide $8.00 a yard (expensive for me) & didn't want to waste it on a sample. I bought enough of the fabric for the eagle to do 5 or 6...so, that was ok...but the fabric for the quilt...only bought enough for one in a king size (bit to spare)...and since the quilt is 48" square...I need to be able to add to the quilt to make it the size I want....and the retreat was 2 years ago...know finding more of a fabric that old is not going to be easy.

I know I need to try to get the "movement" of the feathers better...and it should be easier when I do the larger eagle (yep, enlarging every part of the quilt, instead of just adding rows).

I have been watching videos by Sharon Schamber, Linda V Taylor and others...and taking bits and pieces from them all.