Stitch and slash

Pictures - Stitch and Slash Wallhanging - Well, I took another Craftsy.com course - Stitch and Slash with Carol Ann Waugh. This is what I came up with for my first attempt. It was lots of fun to rip away fabric after I got started. And the funniest part is that when I was doing the free-motion quilting, I stitched the

I spent today at a workshop revisiting a technique I'd not used for some time - faux chenille or stitch and slash work. I'd forgotten what a pleasure it could be - though one basic thing about it hit me fair and square as I was working. While colour choices are always central to the kind of textile work I do, in this case it seemed absolutely vital to work with a good colour palette since, in a way, that is what the whole thing is about - the juxtaposition of glimpses of colour against a…

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Chenille technique - a sandwich of fibres within 2 layers of calico, stitched in lines and slashed to reveal the filling.

Layers of fabric, stitch vertical parallel rows, cut between stitches and layers (don't cut bottom layer of fabric), wash = textural color

Carol

How to manipulate fabric scraps by layering, stitching and slashing.

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Stitch and Slash Technique

Colourful, textile fabric piece- stitched and slashed www.colouricious.com