I have had a few questions about how the coloring on the 3-D Mariner’s Compass was done.
For detailed insturctions see Irene Bluhm’s book – “Quilts of a Different Color”.
Prior to starting the quilting I played around with a draft of the quilting design that I was planning on using. By doing this I was able to determine the color placement. (The draft is approx. 10″ x 10″ – The Quilt is approx. 28″ x 28″).
While doing the quilting, I used tread to match the color that I was planning on coloring that section. This gives the design a good outline affect.
Ater quilting I blocked the quilt to remove the water sauable markings. Then I use colored pencils to color the design on the fabric. When the coloringis complete I will apply a mixture of different textile mediums (receipe in the book) to make the coloring permanent.
Not that hard, but alot of fun.
OK… you can see I am waaayyy behind on my blog reading. Why didn’t you bring this to mini group meeting? Or did you show it at the meeting I missed!!! Dang… I absolutely love it!!! Funny thing is, I brought that book and have been contemplating doing this or “ink-li-que” on my paisley piece. Have you tried to see if you can get intense colors using the color pencil technique or is really only pastel colors achievable?
Kudo’s Mary Anne… you always seem to do such interesting work. Sounds like a lecture for Pelham Quilters :-)..
I like your coloring technique. It looks interesting and a lot of work. You do such beautiful things.