Bookmarks by Rhonda
#12
Originally Posted by KGoodhand
The bookmarks are beautiful! :-)
Did you use the mini template you are offering to make them?!?
Is there someplace to find the patterns for such little blocks?!?
Kendra
Did you use the mini template you are offering to make them?!?
Is there someplace to find the patterns for such little blocks?!?
Kendra
I have about 10 or so differant kinds of "blocks" this is sewing fabric together and then cutting out a square from the center.
You can see a couple on my web site and projects to make with them.
Just click on "the cut down method" in my signature below here.
I did a tutorial on the Quilted Paradise Newsletter for bookmarks using the Boston Blocks. There are several bookmark designs on there.
I will be doing more over time for the newsletter but right now that is all that is available.
If you missed the tutorial let me know.
#14
Originally Posted by Loretta
Beautiful! I think you are the master of miniatures!! WOW!
Anyone can do it! It isn't hard! The work is all done within the "block". When you cut out a block from the center of three fabrics already sewn together then you see small pieces when you lift the block out of the fabric you just cut it from.
That is the magic!! Simple! You get dramatic looks with a simple step!!
#15
Originally Posted by Rhonda
However since the fabric market seems to lean toward big florals and watercolors it is getting progressively harder to find tiny print in dark backgrounds and tiny print with white or cream backgrounds.
I am always on the hunt for fabric. I get frustrated when I have favorites that I go back for and then the store quits carrying it!
As I pondered your striking technique, I realized that you weren't just using white, but indeed that small print stuff. Since you seem to have trouble finding it nowadays, I was wondering if you had ever considered Rit Dye and white on white fabric.
It was a tip I got off Aunt Claudia's Quilt Shoppe site, and one day I found tons of white on white I didn't want to be that white, so I took her suggestion and dyed it all light blue (my favorite color is white) ... granted, the little flowers didn't dye blue, but still, the overall effect was a light blue with small print ... just a thought <g>.
#16
Thanks for a great idea. I will try that. I do have white on white and I will have to get some dye tho my mom might have some.
I have thought about making my own fabric using a white broadcloth or something but I haven't worked out how to do it yet.
#17
Originally Posted by Rhonda
Thanks for a great idea. I will try that. I do have white on white and I will have to get some dye tho my mom might have some.
I have thought about making my own fabric using a white broadcloth or something but I haven't worked out how to do it yet.
I have thought about making my own fabric using a white broadcloth or something but I haven't worked out how to do it yet.
If you dip the white on white in tea - - well, you can get different shades of tan ... and have you heard of using onion skins,etc for dying? NOt that I am the expert ... I was just thinking if gettin the Rit dye from your local grocery store.... or check out your LQS ... a lot of them are starting to carry the Dhrama Trading Post dyes .... ? Let us know how you worked it out ...
#18
I don't have a problem with doing the dying but I would really like to come up with a stamp or process that I could use to add a tiny print like a vine or small flowers etc.
I considered stamping but finding what I want for a pattern is iffy and I have given some thought to making my own stamp. We have done that when I worked in a daycare and I had my own daycare for awhile and have made stamps with potaotes and apples but I would want to make a permanant stamp of some sort. I have used sponges but I doubt I would ever get it small enough. It would be too crudely shaped.
I kinda thought of doing something with a block of wood but I don't really know.
I bought some fabric paint and some fabric paint pens. I do design my own embroidery designs and I love to draw stylized flowers.
I just haven't spent enough time doing anything about the fabric. I have to think about things for awhile before I ever get around to doing it!! Whether that is sewing or baking!!
#20
Originally Posted by Rhonda
I kinda thought of doing something with a block of wood but I don't really know.
I bought some fabric paint and some fabric paint pens. I do design my own embroidery designs and I love to draw stylized flowers.
I just haven't spent enough time doing anything about the fabric. I have to think about things for awhile before I ever get around to doing it!! Whether that is sewing or baking!!
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