2016 #2: Crazy Patchwork Heart By Karen Daniell

2016 Topic 2: Hearts 

Hi everyone Karen Daniell here, sharing a project with you for the hearts theme.

This evening I am showing you a crazy patchwork heart. My mum taught me to sew when I was a little girl, and so I have always loved playing with fabric. I decided to use a patchwork technique for my project but using card and paint as well as fabric and lace.

Step1 – First I made my heart template. As I was working with a 12 x 12 canvas board, I took a 12 x 12 piece of paper and cut out a heart shape. I then drew the crazy pattern onto this, starting with a triangle in the centre, then dividing the rest of the heart into sections. I made 2 of these one to keep as a reference and one to cut up.

Step 2 – Using the pattern, I cut out a heart shape in Bondaweb and ironed it onto a piece of Linen Scrim. (Bondaweb is a double sided glue which is activated by heat, used in sewing to bond fabrics together). I cut the scrim heart using pinking shears, leaving about 1cm around the Bondaweb.

I then brayered Fresco Chalk Acrylic paint onto pieces of Lightweight Smoothy Card and white cotton fabric. I used Bora Bora, Candy Floss, Guacamole and Chalk on some and Spanish Mulberry, Mermaid, Guacamole and Chalk on others. On the card pieces I then over-stamped some of the smaller images from JOFY13, JOFY24 and JOFY32, using Spanish Mulberry, Bora Bora and Chalk. I then used my pattern to cut pieces of the card and fabric to fit the heart. I tried to alternate the fabric and card to give a contrast.

JOFY13

JOFY24

Step 3 – Using Jet Black and Potting Soil Archival ink pads I stamped each piece with images from JOFY13, JOFY24 and JOFY32. I then ironed the pieces onto the linen heart to bond together.

JOFY32,

Step 4 – I then coloured in all of the images using translucent Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paint. I used Zesty Zing, Hey Pesto, Pumpkin Soup, Tango, Blood Orange, Claret, Autumn Fire and Blueberry. I also used Spanish Mulberry mixed with Satin Glaze and Glass Blue mixed with a little Concrete. When I was happy with it I added a few dots of Chalk to some of the images.

Step 5 – Next I found some pieces of cream lace and glued them over the joins of the card and fabric using matt medium. I tried where possible to cover the ends of the lace. I then worked 3 lines of stitching around the heart with a variegated sewing thread.

Step 6 – Onto the corners of the canvas board I glued some scrunched up tissue paper to give some texture, then I painted it with Bora Bora and Guacamole Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paint, adding a touch of Candy Floss, Pumpkin Soup and Chalk. When it was dry I rubbed on some Rose Quartz Treasure Gold to highlight the texture in the corners. The heart was attached to the canvas using matt medium, and I also glued buttons to the ends of the lace.

To finish I stamped the alphabet from JOFY21 onto scraps of the brayered card, to spell ‘Hearts and Flowers’, and glued those to the canvas.

JOFY21

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and that it will inspire you to have a go at some ‘patchwork’ yourself.

Karen xx

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Oh karen I really like this, so pretty and what a different way to use the stamps. The different directions of the flowers provide great movement and the lace adds perfect grounding. ~ Darcy 

We would love to see how you interpret this Hearts topic by linking what you make to our 2016 Challenge #2: Hearts, on this page HERE.

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