By Herbert Norris, Oswald Curtis

Exuberantly written reference provides a kaleidoscopic landscape of garments kinds worn in interval masking the final years of George III to latter a part of Victoria's reign. fascinating descriptions and illustrations of such actual clothes as a French court docket gown (1818), Garibaldi blouse (1861), and night gown (1865). two hundred black-and-white, 27 color illustrations.

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Mix the techniques for a variety of looks. Let’s get started! materials and tools Plastic cover for the table Medium-bodied fabric paint: Lumiere or Neopaque, assorted colors Glass with taped edges or an acrylic surface Soft rubber brayer (not sponge) with a removable roller Fabric Masking tape Iron Objects for texture: rubbing plates, bamboo placemats, cheesecloth, produce bags, bubble wrap, leaves, plastic doilies, or scrapbook-type corrugated cardboard String or rubber bands Build the techniques one over another on the same fabric, or use separately.

The other side of the batting will stick to your ironing surface, but it peels off readily. Trim the batting to fit. Steam-iron the silk pieces to the other side of the batting sandwiches. Sizes may not match exactly, but the squares will be trimmed after the quilting is completed. Drop the feed dogs on your machine and put on the darning foot. Quilt around the motifs on the backing fabrics (you don’t have to follow the lines on the print exactly). Remember that the bobbin thread will be what shows on the silk side of your quilt sandwiches.

Place the batting piece in the center of the border/backing aligning it to the outer the folds. Center the printed piece over the batting, tucking the edges under the folded edges of the border. Pin. Topstitch the edges of the border through all the layers. Quilt the center around the printed motifs if you wish. splash and puddle painting Dye-na-Flow paint, a very thin paint that acts like a dye, flows over the surface of and mixes readily on fabric. One of the advantages of using paint instead of dye is immediately seeing your colors blend and patterns develop.

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