About 3 ½ years ago, Victoria started making a Tumbling Blocks quilt. It was pink and green, and she planned to give it to her sister Lydia if her new baby was a girl. But Lydia had the audacity to have a boy -- and the Tumbling Blocks quilt project stalled.
Well, Kurt and Victoria are now expecting a baby girl, and I, disliking half-finished projects, am finishing the quilt for their baby.
Problem: the block tops were cut from the same fabric as the background, and thus blended in and foiled the effect of the blocks. Letraset Promarkers to the rescue! I first painted Bubble Jet Set 2000 onto the patches I planned to dye, let it dry, then used a light pink Promarker on them.
It's ready to load on my frame for quilting now.
Here are before and after pictures:
Very nice job on the 'save'. It made all the difference in the world!
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ReplyDeleteThank you, Donna and Susie Rose! 😊
ReplyDeleteWow! What a difference! Will the Promarker wash out! Or does the Bubble Jet set it?
ReplyDeleteI did several samples on scraps, and then tried to wash out the dye: Promarkers alone, Promarkers heat set, Promarkers on Bubble Jet, Promarkers on Bubble Jet heat set. Promarkers are pretty much a permanent dye, but I managed to get some of the pale yellow color out of the fabric when I didn't use the Bubble Jet Set. *With* Bubble Jet Set, however, it didn't even look like it faded, though I used plenty of detergent and scrubbed and rinsed it good and proper.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a difference a bit of color makes to the look. Victoria is going to be so surprised.
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