Textile Art Challenge: The Bedsheet Challenge

Have you been looking for a challenge for your Art Quilting or Textile Art group? Do you want a push towards art practices rather then a commercial cut and restitch of fabrics? Well the Bed Sheet challenge could be perfect for you!

* Take a white single bed sheet. (Cotton)
– or similar fabric ie: white homespun or Calico

* Create a Textile Art Piece 60cm x 60cm (24in x 24in)

* Rules: NO commercially coloured fabric to be used anywhere on the front.
– (inc binding)

Simple hey !!!

Challenging ?? yes !!!

Techniques to try:

• Shibori
• dye and cut and weave
• apply felting wool
• hand dye
• Paint
• Ink
• Watercolour pencils
• Zentangle stitch
• dye and rip and stitch
• dye and cut and applique
• draw
• dye and confetti
• Stamp
• fabric manipulation
• Bead
• Print it
• &  anything else ?  if you have a suggestion please comment below!

Ideas to try:

• Landscape
• abstract
• fabric manipulated
• weaving
• embellished
• printed whole cloth
• any more ?

Here is a photo of my leafy sea dragon as inspiration… white fabric, inktense pencils and outline stitched.

 or see my chameleon quilt using inktense pencils.

also see

Catherine McDonald My Quilt went to Antarctica ! – SAQA Blog Hop