How to carry on?

This time I tried the dragons white on green. I used some of the cloth paint like water color onto the ironed dragons and gave the background a slight shading.

I'm trying some pieced border around the dragons. The quilting has become quite structural as I wanted it to be. I used MEZ and Anchor embroidery cotton this time because I have a stash in colors to suit the dragons. In this light, the quilting seems to dominate over the painting, but this is an effect I wanted to get. I want this piece to have a more aged look than what I usually do. Rust and copper green are the shades I want to prevail.
I'm not sure about the pieced part. Or should I make a quilt entirely out of painted fabric?

Update. The colors are said to be washfast after ironing. I haven't tested them yet, but I trust them.

Started Quilting

"Form Follows Function" was one of the Bauhaus design rules. Hm.
Apart from connecting two layers of fabric and giving the surface a nice, ripply touch, my quilting doesn't have much function. I'll just carry on with it until the piece will whisper in my ear what kind of thing it will become in the end; and most of my pieces make up their minds short before they are finished.
I love the lightness of my bird quilt because it has no batting, it is just 3 layers of fabric, densely quilted. I love to sleep under it because it never becomes too hot. I also love the idea of using 2 or 3 layers of quilts in cold nights, rather than having one winter cover. I have a well-batted "summer" bedcover which I use in coldest winter. Modern fiber technology! It is so light that I hardly feel it. But it is "on" or "off". Nothing in between. It makes me restless. It is much better to have a few layers and to adapt them to your needs.
And: The idea of having a number of quilts is a wonderful excuse to keep on creating.

Sneezing

Have to show you what I did last night. When my husband is asleep, I sneek into my studio and paint. Listening to music, turned low; jazz, mostly; or jefferson airplane. This time I got inspired by a stone carving from China which is at least 3000 years old. I painted it on a cotton/linen fabric.

This morning, I thought of stenciling to multiply my dragons. Lino cutting was very satisfying, but the printing was not. This textile paint is not made for printing, I guess. I cut this stencil and stabilized it by soaking the paper with shellac. The result is a lot more satisfying than printing. The color can be variegated just as well, and the silhouette is nice and crisp. Now I have to put on my clothes, I'm still in my nighty, and get some breakfast.

Tatzelquilt

The quilt is painted, ironed and I started quilting. I use another vintage bed sheet as a base.

I applied the paint in the background with a paint knife to get an irregular structure.

Working on fabric again

The time has come to do some fiber art. I made a drawing of the tatzel couple under the moon. The position of the worms shows the shape of Ketu and Rahu, the dragons "who eat the moon" when there is a lunar eclipse. I intend to iron the pencil to fix it, then color the object with fabric paints and quilt it.