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I have been experimenting a bit with fabric paint, diluted fabric paint and paint sticks to make my moon fabric softer and lighter, but I can't seem to get the effect I was after - the paint either becomes too dense or too subtle, and it turned out that the paint stick I had was beige, not white, so that's just 'blah'. I might just stick with the fabric the way it is, or maybe quilt the moon with some pale yellow thread before I add the witch and bats - that might just do the trick. The piece that I bleached is in the upper left corner in this picture, just to show how different it is from the original - where the h*** did the pink come from??
I'm also experimenting a bit with transferring foil to fabric as seen on the Quilting Arts DVD. I can't seem to get the foil to stick every time I try, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong, so I must try some more, and maybe check that DVD again.
I'm experimenting on a dragonfly quilt block for a friend - and if I don't totally ruin it with machine embroidery tomorrow, there will be some close-ups.
And no, I haven't abandoned this one yet. I finally got around to layering the quilt today, so I can start quilting - this is one of the stages I dread the most, because it's such a struggle to do on my own with a big quilt, but once I'm ready to quilt, the rest should be a breeze. Now it's only a question of finding the time to quilt...