Fabric Flower Painting: Step 3

Well, here is how the fabric trip went down. I took Sam (the painting's recipient) with me for support. We went to JoAnn's and headed straight for the remainder bolts.

We found one that we loved, but not much else to go with it, so we kept looking. Then, oh wow, we found a field of colors!

After about 20 minutes of waffling on color choices we ended up with a nice little collection for less than 8 dollars.

Fabric Flower Painting: Step 2

Since patchwork pieces for the flower petals might get a little complicated, I decided to add some more detail. I put some rough color on the canvas to help me visualize the end product, and also to help determine how much fabric is needed. Next step is to stock up at JoAnn's!

Fabric Flower Painting: Step 1

So here's the story: We got a great painting in at work about a month ago. It's a bunch of tulips made out of fabric and beads on canvas. I will be trying to make my own version of this as a gift to a friend of mine for her new apartment.


Step one here was to sketch out the overall design on the canvas using charcoal.