Sunflower shoes

Last month I discovered Colourcraft's fabric paints and I painted some shoes with a galaxy design. I am hooked! This time I decided to stencil some shoes with a sunflower design on them.


Armed with a pair of white trainers, sponges, tape and the fabulous fabric paints I set to work and I had a ball.

Firstly, I removed the laces and then taped the rubber strip around the base of the shoes using masking tape. I used smaller pieces of tape around the top edge to ensure I got in as close as possible without taping the fabric of the shoe. I then used a thicker tape to cover the larger section.

I taped the daisy/sunflower stencil at various intervals around the shoe and using a pencil, I traced the outline. I did this so I could plan out the design and the number of sunflowers.


To achieve the variations in the yellow colour, I mixed a little red and white with yellow so that I had several yellow shades.  I then used a paint brush to paint inside the pencil lines.

I continued to paint all around the shoe and within the pencil lines.  I couldn't decide whether or not to remove the pencil lines, but I decided that they added something so I left them in.  I also painted the entire tongue of the shoe yellow as it made it brighter.

I love them ! I hope that you have a go - I would love to see what you make :)

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Mini Art Quilt- Sunflower with Brusho

August is starting, and that means the beginning of Autumn in Sweden (although you would never guess that with the heat wave we have been having).
Anyway, the end of the summer hearkens the blooming of one of my favorite flowers- the sunflower!

I started by drawing a basic sunflower form onto freezer paper, ironed it onto white cotton and then quilted it with batting and a backing fabric.

Then I tore away the outside and sprinkled with some blues and white Brusho, sprayed with water and let dry.

I actually kind of love this! I will have to explore this in another project. Anyway, I pulled off the rest of the paper. The Brusho had bled under the paper a bit, but it looks cool!

I went back to the sewing machine and quilted more in the center of the flower (I didn't want to quilt that much over the freezer paper as then it would be a pain to remove).

Then I added more Brusho to the middle and started on the petals, but decided to Gesso those first!

The petals are a pale yellow because I was brushing gesso over Brusho.

After the gesso dried I added more color- brushing Brusho directly on the petals.

And now for the exciting part! I think it is quite fun to roll paint over parts of a quilted quilt! So I took Aztec Eco Metallic Paint in a bronze color and rolled it gently over the seed area of the quilt. The key is to put just enough pressure to hit the tops of the quilted areas. I often practice on the back side of the quilt to get the effect I want.

I personally love the effect it gives-your quilt thread and the colors underneath show through, but the texture of your quilting is enhanced.

I hope you enjoyed this little mini quilt tutorial! See you again in a couple of weeks. 

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Brusho 24 Colour Boxed Set

Aztec eco metallic paint starter paint

white gesso