“Ingredients” (of the quilty kind) or The Postman Cometh…….

Ideas are always swirling but “making do” doesn’t always result in the desired outcome. 2 examples: I’ve been wondering how it would work to fill a “sandwich” with my fave fmq (free motion quilting) then add some type of colorant to highlight parts of the design. Something that would have a watercolor effect. I tried some regular colored pencils, with some success……………    the main drawback is these  would need a heat set, with a hot iron, and that would take away any/all loft from the batting. The above design has an added sealant but that results in a very stiff surface…not good! On to example #2……..working with all the vintage pieces I love, the finishing/binding just left much to be desired….mostly, too plain, so I did come up with this idea…… (More on this piece may be found in this post) but I had seen some other finishes that gave me more options. Enter the internet search for solutions/”ingredients” and those appeared today…….     You may read more from Bethanne here and there’s a ton of info about the Inktense pencils on the ‘net and, more specifically, here. You’ll have to come back another time to view the results of these additions to my studio…………

Next up………micro-stippling progress…sigh…..pure luv…………      Hopefully, tomorrow will see the finish of this one and I’ll move on to completing the 3 pillows (see here for the rest of this story).