March 4th
2006
Crystals~my latest addiction
Have I mentioned that I love crystals? I mean, I LOVE crystals! You know, those little hot-fix crystals from Swarovski that come in tons of gorgeous colors?! The little crystals you embellish EVERYTHING with?! I love ‘em. You can put them on anything, from jeans to quilts and anything in-between, just by heating them up for eight seconds with a little mini iron called a Bedazzler.I saw crystals on quilts for the first time in 2004 at the Houston quilt show, on a quilt by Cheri Meineke-Johnson. There were 7,000 crystals on the BACK of the quilt, and 1,000 on the front! She’s the queen of crystals, and she has the best prices I’ve found on the web too. Paisley Pavane is embellished with over 3,100 crystals, and crystals can be found on Dimensional Weavings as well. One word of caution: applying crystals is a long process, where each crystal must be individually placed with tweezers, then heat set to affix. Take frequent breaks to rest your hands, or you may end up with carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis or tenosynovitis. I know this from experience!
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April 6, 2006 at 10:14 am
[…] Okay, I’ve no earthly idea how many days I’ve been stippling this quilt now. I bet you knew that would happen, didn’t you? Anyway, here’s the issue: the tendons on the backs of my hands HURT! Now, granted, I have a tenosynovitis problem anyway, which I developed in 2004 after doing too many crystals. No, no, not THAT kind of crystals! THIS kind of crystals! So, back to the stippling. I’m working on the very edge of the quilt, stippling the background, and it’s harder to control the quilt in this area, since there’s less fabric to hold on to on the right hand side. I’ve known for a few days that the reason I’m having more pain in my hands when I’m stippling on the edge is because I’m holding my little finger on my right hand up a bit to keep it off the machine bed as you can see here: […]
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