Collage! Quilt! Paint! - Season 1

Series: Collage! Quilt! Paint!

(2)

Episodes

Rating

TVY

Year

2022

Language

English

Publisher

Craftsy

About

Are you ready to learn one of Heather Thomas's favorite ways to create decorative quilts? This technique relies on the use of white or off white highly textured fabrics, simple machine stitching and glorious painting.

Each piece begins with a collage of textural fabrics, no color, just texture. Then the piece is quilted using very simple fills. After the stitching is complete the real fun comes with paint.

Heather will show you how to use a variety of paint types, brushes and your fingers to add layers of delicious color to your stitched collage. She will also show you how easy it is to add highlights and lowlights to your piece.

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Episodes

1. Session 1: Introduction

This class will begin with an introduction to the products needed to make one of these fabulous pieces. Included is information on paints, where to purchase or find highly textural fabrics, a display of quilting and a sampling of completed quilts using this technique.

2. Session 2: Building the Collage

40m

This session is all about putting together an interesting surface to hold stitch and paint. I will talk about some of the basic elements of good composition as I show a variety of ways to use various types of fabric from cheesecloth and sheer silk to embroidered cottons and ripped linens to put together a surface for the next steps; quilting and painting.

3. Session 3 :Quilting the Collage

22m

In this session I will go through many options on how to approach the quilting of the collage. Then I will begin quilting the collage that was prepared in the previous session. I will discuss how to build additional texture and visual interest with the stitch line and show how to deal with more difficult fabrics such as gathered cheesecloth or rumpled up sheers.

4. Session 4: Painting the Collage

42m

In this session I will walk you through the two steps of achieving a beautifully painted collage. Beginning with color selection and painting of the entire base I will demonstrate strategies for successful painted surfaces. Then I will show how to pump up the surface with brushed and rubbed highlights and lowlights.

5. Session 5: Finishing Up

In this session, I will use completed samples of the technique to walk students through a variety of ways to finish their painted collages. Including adding borders and more quilting as well as frame mounting.

Extended Details

SeriesCollage! Quilt! Paint!

Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Heather ThomasActor