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      • Kathie Kerler
      • Gerrie Thompson
      • Mary Kay Price - Emeritus
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    • Kathie Kerler
    • Gerrie Thompson
    • Mary Kay Price - Emeritus
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    • Hedda Wright
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How do you add texture to your work?

Judith Phelps

Judith Phelps

Judith Phelps

I can sometimes achieve texture by using a textured fabric (velvet, burlap, laces, etc) or use a fabric that has a printed texture on it (trees, rocks, etc) but many times this is not possible.

  

Contrasting values in the quilt can sometimes create texture, the actual quilting on the fabric or even fabric manipulation can all contribute to the idea of texture. 


Hedda Wright

Judith Phelps

Judith Phelps

Hand stitching adds texture both visually and by touch.


Fabric choices influence the visual aspect of texture by color choice and placement. Fabric structure - weave - is texture. Raw edges are fun to use, too.  Paint and fusing also provide visual texture.

Dianne Kane

CarolAnne Olson

CarolAnne Olson

I love the feel of the texture on my pieces. My favorite method is to add embroidery stitches through the top and batting. 


Couching yarns, ribbons, netting, and threads is also an effective surface design method that I enjoy using.

CarolAnne Olson

CarolAnne Olson

CarolAnne Olson

Beading is my most often used texture embellishment.  Quilting with contrasting threads is also used in many of my pieces.

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