I know it's August. But Christmas in August doesn't have the same ring to it! And I did practice the 'Christmas lights' line design yesterday, when it was still July. It began with a doodle. The design started as a retro telephone handset that I'd seen on a T-shirt while shopping last week.
But as I was doodling the design on paper it morphed into Christmas lights. The loops made it easy to 'travel'. And I thought it would be fun to scale up and down. Then I had to try it out with thread and fabric. The 4 foot Art Quilter is just right for this sort of thing. I loaded some black fabric and some fleece and tried out some different kinds of thread.
The luminous qualityof this Rainbows Northern Lights #803 worked well.
Then I tried a glow in the dark thread, which would look great in winter!
This photo is a bit more in focus. And to finish, I might as well include the reason for those cat hairs!! The cats do think the frames are special hammocks! I've got plan to use this line design on a Christmas tree quilt. So wait and see, or better yet make your own.
2 comments:
The glow in the dark's a bit different; I like it.
It does create a bold line of stitching especially against the black.And then there is the real benefit of actually glowing in the dark!I'm having fun trying out different threads. I'm going to try out a metallic thread tomorrow.
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