My pieces of hand-painted fabric are now dry. So here we go with the mash up. The first step is to create a warp and a weft from the two fabrics:
- Blue fabric on the left is warp. Cut vertically.
- On the right is the weft. I made some artistic swoops with this fabric.
Time to get out my Bernina. I will admit that I am not an expert seamstress. My mother, who is, gave me this machine last year. It has languished largely unused on a shelf in my studio, but now it is urgently needed, to assemble my mash-up. First I cut a piece of fusible fabric in the same size as the “warp” fabric. Then I weave the pieces together like this:
After fusing the sandwich together with a hot iron, I start sewing the edges of the weft fabric down. Next I sew the warp fabric edges down.
A quick press and the colorwash mash-up is complete. I used a royal blue thread to give a strong contrast to the watery colors in the fabrics.
Finished piece. On the right, the audience applauds with approval!
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Good use of the sewing machine, now what will you do with this new fabric? I see you gave yourself a new name, I like it, why didn’t I think of Kate which is what your grandmother was called by her sisters.
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So glad you like the object. I haven’t decided what to do with it. What do you think I should make? Yes, I knew that my grandmother was called Kate.
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