After providing a brief overview of the materials she uses, Judy covers the design stage, including how she uses photo-editing software to manipulate and size her original designs. Next, she dives right into the painting stage with a look at the tools needed for painting; an in-depth review of the types and properties of paints is included. Also considered are strategies for painting, paint consistency, freezer-paper masks, and the painting of backgrounds. Next, learn to machine quilt your wholecloth quilt, from planning and marking to layering, basting, and free-motion quilting. Then, non-traditional binding options for art quilts are covered. Finally, Judy shares a gallery of some of her finished wholecloth painted quilts while offering additional insight into her methods and materials. You’ll be inspired to create your own wholecloth piece.

• Marker paper
• Pencil
• Clear packing tape
• Paint tray
• Container for water
• Textile paints
• Colorless extender
• Variety of synthetic paintbrushes
• Freezer paper
• PFD (prepared for dyeing) cotton fabric
• Cotton fabric for back
• Wool batting
• Mistyfuse®
• Thread
• Sewing machine

Optional

• Cotton fabric for traditional binding
• 3 complementary-colored cords for couched cording binding