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My quilt, Keys To The Nation in the Inspired By the Nation's Capital by Donna DeSoto

 

Keys To The Nation

The Washington DC skyline was combined with a key in Make The Cut software. It was cut out by an electronic cutter and both the positive and negative designs were appliqued in the quilt. The positives and negatives that happen in DC affects the rest of the nation. The USA map has Zentangle designs with Pigma pens

 

Materials: Buttons, cottons, net, sheers, ribbons, trims

This is one of 103 quilts, 24" square, in Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto's newest book, "Inspired by the Nation's Capital" published by Schiffer  will be available everywhere books are sold on September 27.

Embossed paper and fabric postcard

Lemon juice on fabric

Another sunset fabric postcard

Embossed sunset

Maple Leaf

Fall leaves

Cupid

Positive Negative Cupid

Another velvet embossed rose

Embossed fabric with stamps

Embossed Rayon Velvet with a  misted stamp and iron, cut a heart and machine embroidered and the fabric postcards

Silhouette cityscape

Another fruit postcard

Fruit postcards continued

Fruit Fabric Postcard swap

Embossed and, inked plain tan fabric to create woodgrain fabric. Used a transparancy for the bottle glass and cut fabric fruit

Embossed and inked fabric

Embossed and inked a plain tan fabric for a background for a fruit theme postcard swap. However, my emphasis seems to be more on dessert with a little fruit on top!

Emboss on denim and wiremesh

Emboss and ink

Embossed and inked fabric background, positive and negative images for a food theme postcard swap

Sewing basket

Embossed fabric background, foil thread and needle

Silhouette fabric postcard

Added an aluminum can sun to a silhouette fabric postcard

Embossed/ debossed foil and fabric Beetle

 Debossed foil fireworks,

 fabric VW Beetle with opalescent windows at top.

embossed foil beetle at bottom. 

Embossed and sanded black Aluminum

Embossed and sanded black Aluminum postcard. The roof is the back of the black aluminum.

Embossed Aluminum lockwashers fabric postcard

Another embossed and sewn aluminum can

Embossed another aluminum can, sewed it to peltex for a fabric postcard and added the ballerina to the center

Embossed aluminum can and embossed synthetic on peltex sprayed with blue ink postcard

Embossing an Aluminum can

Cut and embossed an Aluminum can.Will sew it in a postcard tomorrow

Embossed wallpaper and spray ink

Debossed vs Embossed Peltex

Debossed synthetic on left. Embossed Peltex and metallic gilding polish on the right

Synthetic ribbon and embossing folder

Earrings with organza, net, washers and heat tools

net earrings, heat tool

Earrings made with 4 layers of net per leaf  and a  heat tool

Stone, metal flowers, net and Heat tool

Traced around a stone and metal flower with the heat tools, then several layers of net and shapes to create new flowers

die negative space and net

Paper, Soldering Iron, Holes!

 

Finally learnt how to staple a quilt to a canvas to finish my project.

I sewed the quilt onto a perfect cotton background, then stapled it to a canvas. 

The quilt was made previously by using the heat tool to burn holes on Yupo paper. 

The colors were added with alcohol inks. I also added net and paper to complete the quilt.

Cats with net and heat tool

Organza tree

Traced around the metal tree on the left over 3 layers of organza with a heat tool. Another quick silhouette project...liked using 3 black organza layers. The tree is about 8 inches tall.

Using both positive and neagative shapes

Net Waves, heat tool

Cut 2 layers of net of a wave thin metal die with a heat tool and included it in an ATC

Organza, heat tool and thin metal palm tree dies

Cut black organza around thin metal palm tree dies and added to postcards with a beach paradise theme for another swap.

Sheer ribbon and heat tool

Cut around printed leaves on a sheer ribbon with the heat tool. It is so quick and easy.

ziploc bag, heat tools, thin metal die

Using a thin metal die, I cut a ziploc bag with 2 layers and included some heart confetti using the green top as a lid. While I thought it would work well, the ziploc bag is too flimsy. Next time I will use a thicker plastic or  a thicker transparancy to cut out the shape.

Stamp n cut memory jars

Stamp n cut with heat tools memory jars added on fabric postcards with a book theme. I also stamped the back before mailing them out to my online friends

Stamp and cut synthetics With the heat tool

First I stamped on sheers. 

Then I stamped on a gray synthetic. 

I cut out 1 layer, 2 layers, and 2 layers and  clear plastic on top of the gray synthetic with a heat tool.

Will use some of these in a postcard swap . 

Toothbrush holder and sheers

Continued cutting sheers and net with the heat tool

Toothbrush holder and heat tools..continued

Using the toothrush holder continued...the center cutouts could make great flowers with layers of the sheers and net

Toothbrush holder and heat tool

Took a metal toothbrush holder, turned it upside down and cut shapes with a heat tool  using different colors of nylon and net and layered them. Can see some possibities for creating more designs.