chiseled in cloth workshop

if you ever get the chance to take a workshop from margaret bucklew, grab it. pam, kathy, becky, and i took a workshop with margaret at happiness is quilting quilt shop in mckinney, tx. we had a great time on the road, at the dive hotel, during the class, and on the way home. when you are with great friends what else can you do but enjoy yourself. check out these websites, chiseledincloth.com and happinessisquilting.com you won't regret the visit.

i will post pictures of the other girls portraits after our guild meeting monday. hopefully i will be able to add a pic of mine later on today. i should be working on mine right now but you see what i am doing. good thing i don't try and make a living at this quilting thing. although i could eliminate exercise as a weight loss option, cause i'd be starving to skinnyville.

i have also been rusting fabric. i should of taken a picture of this before i tore it in half. it's still pretty cool. if you are interested in rusting fabric you are in luck because it is the easiest dying technique that you will ever do.

things you will need:
cotton fabric i used pfd (prepared for dying) because that is what i had

rusty objects i found mine in our barn happy hunting!

vinegar i used cider vinegar because, you know, that is what i had

a container that you won't mind if it gets rust stains in it and you won't mind that you can't use it for anything else unless you plan on spending a good amount of time scrubbing it clean.

table salt

synthrapol i used it because, you know or dawn dishwashing liquid or whatever laundry soap that you have

saran wrap to cover the pot or a plastic bag to put the stuff in. the pot covered with saran is better i think because the sun can get in there and really bake it

wet your fabric with the vinegar

manipulate the fabric any way you want, fold it, roll it, scrunch it up, wrap the fabric around the rusty things or put them on top you will have to experiment with this step. you get different results each time.

this is the objects that i used and the pot i put everything in. i haven't told my husband that i used the pot he cooks beer in yet.