The collage interest started with the work of Edrica Hews, who did turned edge hand appliqué. This was picked up by Freddy Moran who was inspired by Edrica's work. Freddy applies raw-edge pieces to a foundation with school glue. Elmer's School Glue, which is approved for fabric, works fine. Freddy then has her collages quilted by Judy Irish. Nifty took a workshop from Freddy and was inspired to use this technique. Nifty uses school glue/paste to apply her pieces. Then she quilts these raw edge pieces down with free-motion quilting. She has to sandwich the piece first, so that a stabilizer is not needed when one quilts it, After the pieces are secure she then adds more quilting. She likes the thready irregular look of this raw edge technique; and even a thready sort of edge finish. You can see some of Freddy Moran's work on the net. Another collage artist to check for inspiration is Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson. She works in paper, after first painting a basic background picture. This is a wide open technique, and we can all try different techniques for very unique results. For painterly effects one needs a deep stash. Nifty finds small scale prints are needed. She has been buying little girls dresses from the Goodwill to supplement her stash. They tend to be small scale prints, and big enough for the small pieces needed.
I love this technique and your piece is stunning,
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Love it! :-)
ReplyDeleteNifty is too awesome for words!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! amazing!!!
ReplyDeletelove this one too!
ReplyDeleteI think you should do a quilt a long so we all could learn how to do this. What do you think??
ReplyDeleteThe collage interest started with the work of Edrica Hews, who did turned edge hand appliqué. This was picked up by Freddy Moran who was inspired by Edrica's work. Freddy applies raw-edge pieces to a foundation with school glue. Elmer's School Glue, which is approved for fabric, works fine. Freddy then has her collages quilted by Judy Irish. Nifty took a workshop from Freddy and was inspired to use this technique. Nifty uses school glue/paste to apply her pieces. Then she quilts these raw edge pieces down with free-motion quilting. She has to sandwich the piece first, so that a stabilizer is not needed when one quilts it, After the pieces are secure she then adds more quilting. She likes the thready irregular look of this raw edge technique; and even a thready sort of edge finish. You can see some of Freddy Moran's work on the net. Another collage artist to check for inspiration is Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson. She works in paper, after first painting a basic background picture. This is a wide open technique, and we can all try different techniques for very unique results. For painterly effects one needs a deep stash. Nifty finds small scale prints are needed. She has been buying little girls dresses from the Goodwill to supplement her stash. They tend to be small scale prints, and big enough for the small pieces needed.
DeleteFabulous result!
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