A few weeks ago my students asked me to teach them collage art.
I don't buy any special tools or materials such as solvy so I decided to create a simple piece using white school glue, which they all have on hand, or, if you have a glue stick you could use that as well, some fabric scraps and a sewing machine.
As usual, I only used what I have on hand. A piece of sheeting for the base
and some neutral fabric strips to create a patchwork layer on the base fabric
I laid them down on the base sheeting piece, alternating cream and white strips
I sewed lines using the sewing machine foot as a guage for the distance between the lines. It is going to be a simple base fabric patchwork piece in neutral colors.
I sewed grid lines, horizontally and vertically so that the base piece is a bit stiff and has some weight to it.
I had a selection of pink cotton remnants so I cut these shapes at a width of approximately 1 cm with a length of 4 cm for the rose petals
I cut enough so that I had a selection of different shaded pink petals
Bottle of plastic school glue
Diluted 50 -50 with water
Some ear buds
Spread a very thin layer of glue over the back of the petals using the ear bud
Start about 5 cm from the top and side edges of the base fabric and press the petals down on the base patchwork fabric in the shape of a rose. This is my rose shape.
It doesn't matter that you see the glue as it dries transparently.
I left a distance of about 4 cm and began glueing the petals of the second rose down
The first row of roses glued down
All of my petals are glued down, let them dry, it can take a day or 2 and then sew over them to keep them in place
I began sewing a straight stitch directly on the petal
Moving from petal to petal sewing one reverse stitch at the edge of each petal before lifting the needle and moving on to sew the next petal. I don't cut the thread at this stage.
Lots of threads to cut once the petals are sewn down
Now I cut the threads
A simple, beautiful collaged rose patchwork piece.
I kept the technique simple as it was for a basic collage class. One could change thread colors, sew all around and in the center of the petals, sew quilting lines in between the petals, add a layer of batting.
The sky is the limit!
To find more art quilt tutorials see here on Etsy
and here on the site
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