HOW many techniques? Christmas Tableau
When I started totting up what techniques and materials I used, I could hardly believe how long the list became:
The quilt is constructed as most traditional quilts: a top (both pieced and appliquéd), cotton batting in the middle, and a backing are sandwiched together and quilted, then bound. But the quilt uses a wide range of techniques and materials:
Invisible machine appliqué
Fusible appliqué
Raw-edge appliqué by machine
Hand appliqué
Machine piecing
Hand-dyed fabrics
–the ground is cotton dyed with Procion MX fiber-reactive dyes
–Mary’s blue cloak is silk dyed with steam-set acid dyes
Commercial cottons and silks
Synthetic tulle, mesh and sheer fabrics
Threads: trilobal polyester, 60-wt. embroidery cotton, nylon monofilament, metallic, and
holographic
Inking (faces and Mary’s hands) with Tsukinenko inks
Drawing with Prismacolor artists’ pencils with artists’ spray fixative to set the color
Painting using textile paints and artists’ acrylics with textile medium
Shiva Oil Paintstiks to do the rubbings of the plaque at San Domenico with the
dates and locations of the Dominican schools in
Sequins
Beads
To look at the quilt, it hardly seems possible, but they are all there. I guess that’s why I keep trying things out? Just add the technique to the arsenal, and when you need it, you have the skill and materials available. If anyone has any particular questions about one thing or the other, do ask!