Garden Wonder quilt - thread painting by Jennifer Day

I do not paint...yet! I use a photograph on fabric. I cover the photograph 100% in thread. See an in progress image using 12 threads and a finished image using 19 threads on the fingers. I am now offering classes on my technique. See info on my websitewww.jdaydesign.com!

I have used 12 colors of thread at this point in the process.

This is the finished section of the quilt using 19 colors on the fingertips.  The key is blending.

This is the original photograph that I start with.

Garden Wonder quilt - thread painting by Jennifer Day

When I got back from Houston, I only had ten day to finish this quilt for the Texas Quilt Museum!

Garden Wonder

A child in a garden who captures a butterfly.  What a magical experience!
The quilt measures 40" x 24".
68 colors of thread used!

Here is a detail of dirty fingernails!

And the reverse of the quilt!

Thread painting - Jennifer Day 264 threads

I finally finished the earth stories quilt!  It took 264 different colors of thread!  It also took me 5 hours to put all the threads back in order!  Next time, I will write down the numbers and put them back as I use them!  I finished that quilt right before I left for Houston.

Jennifer Day
Thread painting, Art Quilts