Making a fabric collage with a digital image
October 7, 2008 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Home & Living
Technique Tuesday
I love to use my digital images in physical work! I never have to worry about copyright issues. I know that my images can be as mundane or as bizarre as the situation calls for. But mostly, after spending a lot of time at the computer, I like to step away and get my hands dirty, so to speak!
For this little art quilt collage, you’ll need to gather up some items, including the fabrics and interfacing that you want to use, the printed out image, some embellishments, and the tools: a cutting board and rotary cutter (or scissors), an iron, awl, hammer, eyelet setter, needles and threads, wire cutters, and chain nose pliers. Here are the steps that I already took to create the digital image that I’m using for this project.
I wanted to leave a note and let you know what you’re doing looks really neat! It’s amazing what we can do with mixed media, the possibilities seem endless. Maybe you can take a look on my blog, to see what I’ve been doing. I’m from a company called Tilano in Vancouver, Canada, and we do alot of creative work with image transfering. I think our product might work with what you are doing, let me know!
I always like to hear from companies that are working in Mixed Media
Drop me a line at cyndi @ b5Media.com (remove the spaces), and we’ll see if we can share some of your info!
I’ve never considered using T-shirt transfers for anything before. This is a good idea. Thanks.
I love ‘em! The colors come out better, at least with my printer, than when I inkjet print directly onto fabric. I like to iron over them with waxed paper after they’re set (protect the iron with parchment) to get rid of most of the plastic feel.