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Sewing: Gramps
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Gramps

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On this one, I photoshopped the pricture to look like a charcoal sketch and used black thread with a very narrow zig zag. I had printed the photo on the Solvy wash away paper which goes through an inkjet printer and when I washed it out, it bled the dye colors into the white cloth so I just highlighted that with colored pencils.
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Materials

black thread, quilt sandwich, colored pencils

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patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Aug 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
That's brilliant - so artistic!
patticole on craftsy.com
patticole
Aug 12, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I love the way this turned out!! I don't think I'd change a thing about this, but if you don't want to have to rinse out the stabilizer, try ironing freezer paper to the back of your fabric. Then cut it it 8-1/2 x 11" or whatever size your printer likes, load it into the printer and print away -- right on the fabric. I'll bet the printer ink will set with the fabric medium over the top -- that's just a guess, but it makes sense to me. ....hmmm... I may have to try this!
lteel1950@gmail.com on craftsy.com
lteel1950@gmail.com
Aug 13, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Great idea! I think since I was using the same black thread in the bobbin as the top, I could have just used regular paper, sew from the back and who cares about little pieces of paper remaining! Thanks!
Jenny Vestal on craftsy.com
Jenny Vestal
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Aug 08, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Fabulous.
TessaSmiles on craftsy.com
TessaSmiles
Aug 05, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wow! this is so great. Very inspiring.
DeborahMaguire on craftsy.com
DeborahMaguire
Aug 05, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Really awesome! I see that, much like Lola, you too are a daredevil. Very original and I Love it. I'm inspired!
lteel1950@gmail.com on craftsy.com
lteel1950@gmail.com
Aug 05, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
This daredevil challenges you to push the envelope too! Way fun!
lteel1950@gmail.com on craftsy.com
lteel1950@gmail.com
Aug 05, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks! You can do it too!
Lola Jenkins on craftsy.com
Lola Jenkins
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Aug 04, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Very interesting composition. I like the way you took the information and made it your own. It has originality AND could easily be called a -PICASSO. Continue to let the creative juices flow. I love it.
lteel1950@gmail.com on craftsy.com
lteel1950@gmail.com
Aug 05, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks Lola!

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