Quilting and Patchwork

The World of Paper & Fabric Patchwork

by Mary Emma Allen on June 12th, 2006

As I browsed through a book of my daughter’s, Mixed Media Explorations by Beryl Taylor,  I realized once again how with world of paper and fabric blend together to create patchwork and quilted works of art.  Here Ms. Taylor uses paper, fabrics, and a variety of embellishments to create her unique designs.

Some projects may be no more than using a crumpled up brown paper bag (such as you’d get at the supermarket) as your base.  You might use a variety of paints.  (My daughter applied gilded paint to one of her paper bag/fabric projects.)  Then overlay with fabric or foil using the methods described in the book.

You can work with all types of fabric from velvet, interfacing, silk, felt and others.  All types of papers can be tried.  The embellishments are limitless…just use your imagination to create truly outstanding works of art.

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