Step Away From the Quilt!! (Picture Added - Page 3)
06-22-2011, 08:46 AM
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Oh goodness - no wonder you're so disappointed - the piecing is so precise and neat, you must have worked hard on this.
I think the ones who've suggested tea-dying might be onto something.
You might also use white fabric paint with solid ¼" or ½" stars. Just mask off the areas you want to stamp and put the stars fairly close together. The areas in between them will still look pink from a distance, but the overall effect will be "white."
I hope you get some fun out of this, whatever way you go with it.
I think the ones who've suggested tea-dying might be onto something.
You might also use white fabric paint with solid ¼" or ½" stars. Just mask off the areas you want to stamp and put the stars fairly close together. The areas in between them will still look pink from a distance, but the overall effect will be "white."
I hope you get some fun out of this, whatever way you go with it.
06-22-2011, 09:54 AM
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I think part of it is a case of not being what you expected when finished that makes you feel so bad. If you tea dye it, it will be beautiful, a more antique look with the cream background. The quilting on it is excellent! Thank you for sharing the picture! You do nice work!
06-22-2011, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Maurene
Maybe red fabric paint? I did that once with a red white and blue quilt - I used a red and white gingham that read pink from just 10 feet away. I took a star squilt course from Diane MacLeod Shink, (Dimac.com) a quilt evaluator 10 yrs ago - she uses a 2' and a 10' rule before every step - maybe a 20' - 30' rule should be added to that.
06-22-2011, 11:50 AM
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Hang it in a narrow place, like a hallway! Or put on a bed in a very small bedroom!
Seriously. we all have had that happen, so if you can't stand it, perhaps you might like to give it to some veterans organization, perhaps for a raffle quilt for some good cause?
Jeannie
Seriously. we all have had that happen, so if you can't stand it, perhaps you might like to give it to some veterans organization, perhaps for a raffle quilt for some good cause?
Jeannie
06-22-2011, 12:00 PM
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Coffee as a dye makes a little bit darker beige, because it has more darker pigment in it. It will dye white to about the color of this background.
Do you have a scrap to try a sample? Just dip it in your leftover breakfast coffee. Dry and iron!
Do you have a scrap to try a sample? Just dip it in your leftover breakfast coffee. Dry and iron!
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