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03-25-2010, 12:29 PM

pollyjvan9

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I am interested in thread painting. Any tips on getting started.

03-25-2010, 12:33 PM

no1jan

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I've never heard of it. What is it?

03-25-2010, 12:48 PM

Maride

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Is when you cover the entire area on a design with thread. Is done almost the same way as free motion quilting, but I use fine threads and is very dense stitched.

This is an example.

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03-25-2010, 12:53 PM

dannypanny

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All I can say about your flamingo is - WOW. What a gorgeous piece of work. ciao

03-25-2010, 12:56 PM

katiebear1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Maride

Is when you cover the entire area on a design with thread. Is done almost the same way as free motion quilting, but I use fine threads and is very dense stitched.

Beautiful! Looks very hard to do. You must have a lot of patience.

03-25-2010, 05:24 PM

littlehud

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That is just beautiful. A work of art. Great job. It's something I want to try someday.

03-25-2010, 05:41 PM

spinnergs

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I would like advise on thread painting people too! I have another quilt ready to go with a figure and am hesitant to start. I have seeen alot of others, some are heavily quilted and others are sparce.

03-25-2010, 05:45 PM

wvdek

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Never done it. I don't think I could afford all the thread to do it.

03-25-2010, 05:58 PM

Maride

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wvdek

Never done it. I don't think I could afford all the thread to do it.

That is when you do small projects. The flamingo is no bigger than 14 x 14.

03-25-2010, 10:29 PM

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craftybear

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Wow, the flamingo photo is cool!

Is there any links for tutorials or videos on thread painting?
I haven't seen books, hummmm

Will have to look.

Karen "Craftybear"