Monday, January 30, 2017

Sunday Stash Report

I've been busy sewing all week but not a lot of it goes into into my stash report yet as they aren't a finish. I have been working on blocks for my A to Z blogging challenge. I am up to Y now so have only got 2 to go. Whoot.

Early on in the week I did manage to get 3 small finishes when I made the batik pictures Fangirl, Fixit Guy and I made in Malaysia into wall hangings.

First we traced the pictures onto stretched silk



 Then we went over the lines with wax using a stylus





Tah dah


Then we had to paint between the lines. My "teacher" was a bit too hands on and kept on taking over which was a bit disappointing. His English wasn't as good so he probably lacked the ability to explain what I needed to do next so would show me but ended up doing too much.

 getting the mouth right helps

Fixit Guy's assistant was more hands off











 Once the picture inside the lines was all coloured we worked on filling in the back grounds.




Whilst at the batik workshop I bought some fabric to frame the pictures but that is as far as I got for 18 months. Finally earlier this week I got around to working on the pictures and got them framed.


I used the fabric I bought in Malaysia to frame Fangirl and Fixit Guy's pictures but used some batik fabric I bought else where for mine. (Note. Whilst the fabric I bought in Malaysia was genuine wax resist batik the stuff I used on mine was a batik print - ie a traditional pattern but not printed using traditional methods. I don't recall where I got it. You can tell the difference in that genuine batik prints are the same on both sides of the fabric where as the non traditional fabric has a right and wrong side and is much lighter on the back.



And then quilted and made into wall hangings. I have sent Fangirl's down to her and am still deciding where I am going to hang them.





So - 3 UFO's finished and a total fabric usage of 1.75m 


No purchases this week.

How has your fabric usage gone this week?
Week 4 
Fabric used        1.75
Fabric added      0.00
Net usage          1.75m

Year to Date     
Fabric used         4.62
Fabric Added       9.05
Net Usage         -4.42m

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5 comments:

  1. Oh, how pretty those are! Thanks for walking us through the process.

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  2. The fabric on yours was most likely a sarong I bought you last time I was over there (as in, on my way to/from England) :)

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    1. yes definitely a sarong because of the way the border prints went. Could have been from that time or maybe from the time we went to Malaysia together for the wedding... or might have been a sarong you had used and given to me. I am not sure

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  3. Absolutely stunning! What a wonderful souvenir, and thank you for sharing it with us!

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  4. Thank you for sharing the Batik process. I have pieced backs for 5 quilts so used lots of fabric just no finishes to report on.

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