The Green Men you find in old churches are often lurking in dark places. To make that blurry, cobwebby, soft and muted effect for my next Green Man block I used a special technique - layering it with a sheer fabric.
This technique is also used for the famous Happy Village quilts taught by Karen Eckmeier where raw edge scraps of fabric are used to build a village scene. These pieces are lightly glued in place to the foundation fabric. After a sheet of tulle has been placed on top, the whole scene is then quilted down.
Here you can see a city I made with that technique.
I also saw a fantastic portrait of a cat at one of the quilt shows in Tokyo Dome. From a distance, the fur really looked real and very 'touchable'. The effect was produced by tulle.
I used not tulle but a fine polyester on top of a painted Green Man.
6 comments:
Interesting technique. I will have to try it.
That cat is stunning, isn't it! And I do like your cobwebbed Green Man!
I thought the cat was an edited photo when I first saw it. I like your green man.
I love the idea of a painted whole cloth quilt. I do find stitching through paint to be a bit tough though.
I feel that the paint is very effective.
Painting cloth goes back some way, pre C15th. It is good to see it being used again. (Like that Green Man.)
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