It was so lovely outside yesterday that I thought it would be fun to work on a new piece of painted cloth outside.
One little problem…
I didn’t particularly want to lay my fabric on the grass – after all, my three dogs share the backyard too!
I’ve got a spare worktable downstairs – but it’s got a disassembled computer on it and I didn’t feel like dealing with that either.
Time to get creative!
I knew we had a long, narrow piece of plywood out in the garden shed, so I propped it up onto two chairs.   It was a little too narrow, …read more

To get started you’ll need an 7″ X 13″  rectangle of fabric (I’m using a mid-weight cotton, but feel free to use something different) and a selection of opaque fabric paints.  I’m using two shades of copper, gold, green & pearl white to demo this project.

I’ve fused a heavy weight interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric.  It makes it easier to handle & embroider.
Now you get to play!

I’ve drawn a simple moon using the pearl white, green leaves and a pumpkin.  I used the gold paint to outline the pumpkin and then filled in the middle using the …read more