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Windswept Pine

This workshop is a super simple introduction to how easily cheesecloth can be used in fiber art. And it's three lessons in one! 

First, learn to color your cheesecloth at home. I'll show you some easy ways to use paints, inks or dyes to create a whole stash of colored cheesecloth. But you can always leave it white for a moonlit image, to be stitched to a dramatic dark background.

Then learn my easy tips for shaping cheesecloth fibres to portray any number of textures, following a very simple pattern.  My detailed videos walk you through every step of sculpting cheesecloth, showing you the tools and tricks to master this technique. 

You will want to make more than one windswept pine, because each one will look completely different. By changing the colors of the tree, the sky, or the rocks, you can create an entirely different mood. And now you see how easy it is!

Finally, to create a beautiful home for your windswept pine, you have a few options.
 
You can use Neocolor II crayons, following my step-by-step images. These are one of my favorite paints for fabric - fun and easy, and they give the effect of a watercolor painting. 

Or use commercial fabrics, fusing or appliqueing the rocks and lake over a sky. And several finishing options are discussed, from quilting to attaching to a stretched canvas.

$CAD30 $USD21

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Bundles

  • $50

Buy both classes ($CAD50 = $USD35) and save nearly 30%

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  • 2 Products

These two workshops teach you everything you need to know to begin working with this fantastic fabric. Windswept Pine is a gentle introduction to the basics of using cheesecloth to create applique shapes (with a bonus lesson on painting fabric). Portraiture is the advanced level that teaches you how to use cheesecloth to convey different values in your art quilts to create the most effective and dramatic portraits.
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Courses

  • $30

Cheesecloth 101: Windswept Pine

  • Course
  • 25 Lessons

This class is a gentle introduction to using cheesecloth in fiber art - perfect for beginners. Cheesecloth is such a versatile medium! Learn how to colour it, to shape the fibres to portray varied textures, and how to create a background home for your windswept pine. A fun one-day project for adventurous sewists!
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  • $40

Cheesecloth 102: Portraiture

  • Course
  • 31 Lessons

Once you have learned how easy cheesecloth is to work with, learn how simple it is to create a portrait using it. No drawing skills required! Follow the easy steps in my unique method of manipulating cheesecloth that combines “sculpting” or “painting” with fibres and stitching them to a background fabric. Confident beginner friendly.
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  • Free

Free - Ideas for Coloring Cheesecloth

  • Course
  • 7 Lessons

A quick guide to a number of products you may already have to color your cheesecloth
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