Happy Fabric Journal

Happy Fabric Journal

My July  project for the   OOAK Artisan  design team . 
I had a  block with this one for awhile, But once it clicked it only took maybe 2 hours.  In my video I share how I painted the fabric,  I love the white on white fabric as it changes with dye or paint! I don't know how that fabric is made but works great as a resist. I did 2 different techniques one i spritzed the fabric with water before painting and it gives a watercolor look.  
So I had this cool fabric painted for a couple of weeks and just looked at !!  Then I picked it up and played with it and it hit me, a book cover!! 
I tore my fabric to the size I wanted, found in my stash some painted canvas pieces (another started project!), tore the remaining painted fabric and started sewing.  I added some pockets and strips and sewed with 2 colors of thread.  I added a bit of batting between the painted fabric and the canvas backing to help make the cover a little stiffer. The pages were just stacked and sewn in the center,  I did sew slow, 5 layers of painted canvas,1 layer of fabric and batting and my machine went through it all!
The quilting is quite wild, following the painted lines. with a little doodling in some of the spaces.  It is so hard to do a project with out Doodling for me!!  Two more torn strips were sewed on the  edges to give this journal a way to stay closed! This took me only a couple of hours to complete once I figured out what I was going to do!
 If you want to watch these on You Tube

Painted white on white fabric done with water.

Cover before pages sewed in.

Painted fabric

        

In Process!

Girls should have pretty tools!!

Wow!!  Time for a new project for the OOAK design team.  This one was so much fun! I used a lot of the same products as last months project, as I am trying to do as much with these products as I can. Working on using them as many ways as I can even if its wrong!   This "tool" is a paint brush roll up case.  But in the idea of using things differently, why not use it for pencils, markers, knitting needles, or crochet hooks!!

A new item for me to use is the NEOPAQUE  flowable extender  AND I LOVE IT!! 

The process for this was really easy I used the dyna flow fabric paint and the fantastix pens to paint

 the outside of the case in splotches allowing each to dry. I added strips  of cardboard in each of the slots for the paint brushes to keep the paints from bleeding through to the other side.  The inside was painted each slot a different color. Now for the NEOPAQUE  flowable extender I used it to paint the circles, which allowed me to paint another color over and not change the colors!! I used a bit of black dyna flow to dry brush the edges of colors to help the colors look blended. Several stamps, stencils,and doodling in black tied it all together!! I did each slot differently  because.... that's how I "roll" LOL!!!