Fabric Art by Lenore Crawford

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Iron:  small travel if possible hot enough to be able to fuse with (some places require auto-shut-off)

Rotary cutters:  18 mm and 28 mm (the most practical rotary cutter available)

Cutting mat

Scissors:  regular (embroidery optional)

Large tweezers like for beading

Black Ultra Fine Sharpie plus regular Fine Sharpie

Masking tape - beige 

Pencil

Exacto knife with fine blade

Ironing pad to use for fusing:  A Suggestion from Lenore:  Make yourself a small ironing pad by cutting a piece of foam core an appropriate size for your travel bag about 12" square and covering it with cotton batting attached with a hot glue gun on the back of the foam core.  

Waste sack (very messy technique)

Patterns are brought to class by Lenore.  Choose your fabric from the fabric requirements page for the pattern you choose to do in class.  Choices for this workshop are Yellow Poppies, Yellow or Magenta Cone Flower, One Poppy, and Red Poppies since they are the least complex for beginners.  

Fabric according to pattern requirements:  Background fabric is needed for these patterns also at least 20" X 25" (50 cm X 65 cm).  When choosing your fabrics for the pattern, choose fabrics that have a gradation in tone from light to dark of similar colors.  Make sure you can see the difference between each shade of fabric.  This helps your design to have more depth.  Fabric requirements are given on this link.  

Paint brushes:  ½" angular, ¼" angular, 1/8" angular, 0 flat, (Lenore gets hers at Michael’s or a craft store).   Look for very very small angular brushes if you can't find these exact numbered brushes.  This is a good mix of sizes from very very small to medium; I like to have very fine brushes for detail work.  Painting is demonstrated in this class.  Students can begin to paint on their projects if they have finished fusing them so bring brushes if you think you might want to do this.

Lenore supplies the following:  $15 required supplies fee paid in class

Pattern, 2 yds fusible web (Misty Fuse), parchment paper, freezer paper, fabric paints – Lenore will demonstrate how to use fabric paints in this class

Supplies List for "Multi-Day Fusing/Fabric Painting Workshop"

The basic supplies for this class are the same as above for the one or two day workshop.  In addition other supplies you will need are noted below.

Projects can be up to 24” on one side or more, a good size for a beginner’s design.

A photo to work from for your project; color poster size print out (see instructions below for poster size printing on your own computer) of your project about 24” on one side is good PLUS a small 8" X 10" color photo to work from; contact Lenore for more information if needed on your project design or if you need help to decide if your photo is appropriate for this type of project

One of Lenore's more complex patterns can also be used if you don't have your own photo

Muslin 2” larger than the printed out poster size of your photo

Fabrics selected according to colors, tones, and textures in your photo - this is very important!

Batting for inside of project sandwich

Backing fabric to cover back of project (Lenore uses muslin)

Border and binding fabrics  

Large tweezers like for beading

Extra fusible web such as Misty Fuse or light weight Wonder Under - five yards at least

Sewing Machine if Time Allows (usually no sewing is accomplished in these classes)

Various threads for top-stitching

Walking foot for machine

Free-motion sewing foot for machine

Non-slip sewing gloves for free-motion top-stitching if desired  

Optional:

Large set of Ultra Fine Sharpies in assorted colors

Teflon ironing sheet

Lenore supplies the following:  $10 supplies fee paid in class

Fabric paints, 2 yds fusible web (Misty Fuse), parchment paper, freezer paper

Supplies List for "Create a Flower from Your  Photo"

Iron:  small travel if possible hot enough to be able to fuse with (some places require auto-shutoff)

Rotary cutters:  18 mm and 28 mm (the most practical rotary cutter available)

Cutting mat

Scissors:  regular (embroidery optional)

Black Ultra Fine Sharpie plus regular Fine Sharpie

Masking tape - beige 

Pencil

Large tweezers like for beading

Exacto knife with fine blade

Ironing pad to use for fusing:  A Suggestion from Lenore:  Make yourself a small ironing pad by cutting a piece of foam core an appropriate size for your travel bag about 12" square and covering it with cotton batting attached with a hot glue gun on the back of the foam core.  

Waste sack (very messy technique)

Fabric according to pattern requirements:  Background fabric is needed for these patterns also at least 20" X 25" (50 cm X 65 cm).  When choosing your fabrics for the pattern, choose fabrics that have a gradation in tone from light to dark of similar colors.  Make sure you can see the difference between each shade of fabric.  This helps your design to have more depth. 

White muslin about 10" X 12"

Your own flower photo printed at 8" X 10"

Lenore supplies the following:  $10 required supplies fee paid in class

Some photos 8" x 10", 2 yds fusible web (Misty Fuse), parchment paper, freezer paper, fabric paints, clear plastic 8" X 10" – Lenore will demonstrate how to use fabric paints in this class

Supplies List for "Mini Blended Fabric Art Collages"

Large tweezers like beading tweezers

Parchment paper or Teflon ironing sheet

Iron/ironing pad

Small Elmer's Glue or glue stick or Elmer's glue

Rotary cutter (28 mm is a very functional size)

Small paint brushes for detail painting:  ½" angular, ¼" angular, 1/8" angular, 0 flat

Waste sack (very messy technique!)

Ziploc bag to take leftovers home in

Lenore supplies the following:  $15 required supplies fee paid in class

Fabric for the design

Muslin to fuse to

Fusible web (Misty Fuse)

Fabric paints

Parchment paper

Supplies List for "Fabric Painted Flowers"

Color photo of a flower printed out at about 11" X 17" (see instructions below for printing) PLUS an 8" X 10" photo to work from; Lenore will bring some photos that can be used also (go to Printer Instructions to print out your own photo from your own computer)

Paint brushes: ½" angular, ¼" angular, 1/8" angular, 0 flat

Pencil and eraser

Thin permanent marker - Ultra Fine Sharpie Marker

Masking tape - beige

Paper towels

Plastic to cover your work surface

Paint clothes to protect your clothing

Lenore supplies the following:  $15 required supplies fee paid in class

Muslin white 200 ct. about 18" X 22"

Fabric paints Lenore uses:  Setacolor Pebeo opaque when possible of lemon yellow, cherry red, fuchsia, turquoise, titanium white, black laque, cornflower blue, red ochre, and orange (can be purchased on line at (www.dharmatrading.com) 

Clear plastic about 18" X 24"

White plate and cup for water  

Supplies List for Shredded Fabric Art Quilts

Rotary cutter and mat

Scissors

Small paint brushes for detail painting:  10/0 and 1/8 angular

Paper bag for trash

Ziploc bag to take scraps home in

Batting (thin like cotton batting) about 20” X 24”

Backing fabric at least 2” wider than batting about 24” X 28” in whatever color you like (Lenore uses plain white muslin on the back of her pieces)

Backing fabric also for the sleeve on the back to hang your piece

Tulle light weight in black or dark green a little larger than your backing fabric

Assortment of fabrics to shred in many colors; scraps are good; use bright colors that work together; fabric with texture that can be used for trees in shades from very dark brown to light colors like birch tree bark (Lenore will have some scraps in class too)

Fabric strips to bind your piece cut at 2 ¼” wide measuring the circumference of your piece plus at least 14” inches (total about 102” in strips)

Sewing machine with free-motion foot

Mono-filament thread

Various colored threads

Printing Large Format Prints on a PC using Poster Option:

Open a photo on your computer.

Click on Print under File.

On the dialogue box, click on Properties.

 Click on Page Layout tab at the top of the dialogue box.

Click on Multi-Page depending on what your printer pop up describes it as.

Click on 1 X 2 for 11” X 17”, 2 X 2 for 17” X 22”, or 3 X 3 for 25” X 33”.  The 3 X 3 pages are good for the  Multi-Day Workshop.  The larger the project the longer it will take to finish your project.  The 2 X 2 pages are a good size for the Three Day Workshop.

After clicking on your choice click OK.

Then choose how many copies you want to print and click OK.  After printing tape your pages together and you will have a large copy ready to work from.