{"id":3245,"date":"2016-04-24T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T22:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2016-04-24T15:13:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T22:13:36","slug":"casper-the-cat-is-finished-2016-04-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2016\/04\/24\/casper-the-cat-is-finished-2016-04-24\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Casper’ the cat is finished – 2016.04.24"},"content":{"rendered":"

The thread-sketched portrait of Casper is finished and has been shipped to my customer, Maureen.\u00a0 I didn’t finish the edges, because Maureen is going to incorporate Casper’s portrait into a pillow for her granddaughter.<\/p>\n

When I last posted<\/a> about this portrait, the thread-sketching was almost complete.\u00a0 Last week, I finished thread-sketching the chest area, added some details around the eyes and ears, and added a chin line and a few white whiskers.<\/p>\n

\"Casper-almost\u00a0 <\/a>\"Casper<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a>\"Casper<\/a><\/p>\n

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As I was stitching, I pulled my threads to the back and left tails of about 1″, but I didn’t tie them off.\u00a0 When I was finished all the thread-sketching, I fused a layer of Presto Sheer stabilizer to the back.\u00a0 It’s a very light-weight stabilizer and anchors all the threads, and adds just a bit of stability to the hand of the fabric.\u00a0 You can see in the above photo what the back looked like before I fused the stabilizer.<\/p>\n

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Below are two photos of the finished portrait, in different lighting conditions.\u00a0 You can see the thread-sketching better in the first one.<\/p>\n

\"Casper\u00a0 <\/a>\"Casper<\/a><\/p>\n

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By the way, most of my portrait quilts<\/a> are fused applique, with some stitching or thread-sketching.\u00a0 But for this portrait of Casper, I printed a photo on fabric, then added the thread-sketching.\u00a0 Because the thread-sketching is on a photo printed on fabric, the photo shows through.\u00a0 The thread adds more color, and texture.\u00a0 While it’s important to use the correct value (light, medium, dark), it’s more important to stitch in the right direction to simulate the fur.<\/p>\n

As long as you have a good photo as a base, this process is certainly quicker than creating a portrait from scratch with fused fabrics.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 Today, I\u2019m linking up with these blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.<\/p>\n

\"Creations<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \"Confessions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The thread-sketched portrait of Casper is finished and has been shipped to my customer, Maureen.\u00a0 I didn’t finish the edges, because Maureen is going to incorporate Casper’s portrait into a pillow for her granddaughter. 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