One of the online classes I’ll be teaching later this year is all about making and using fabric paper. These days I use fabric paper for almost all my new work. I love that there are so many different recipes you can use to make fabric paper and I love that you can create exciting texture with it.
I like to paint it and embellish it, and I also love to print on it using my inkjet printer. (This is one of the lessons I’ll be teaching in my upcoming online class working with digital grounds and you can find out more about my online classes here.)
But for this particular journal cover I decided to try something totally out of of my realm of comfort – working with only one color.
I used machine embroidered fabric paper for the cover because it’s strong yet flexible, and then painted it with a burgundy red and added some gold highlights.
Letting go of old ways of doing things and allowing the process to guide you isn’t always easy and working with a simple design and only one color really challenged me to stay focused and allow the color and design to share equal space. It was very tempting to add other elements and colors as I normally would, but I resisted the temptation and I simply love the results!
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I just love your fabric painted book, but at the moment I am working on my City adn Guilds Machine Embroidery and I am a big bogged down with work, when are you likely to run the course, hoping things may have eased a bit later in the year.
Love the texture you have achived, is the base material Paper?
Maria UK
Hi Maria, the “Exploring Digital Grounds” class commences 7th March, and the “Fabric Paper” class commences 2nd May. They will only be offered once this year so I hope you can find time to join us
This is stunning
I need to practise more to create something as good
Anne xx
Yes, it’s all about the practice; it always takes time and effort to get good at something