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Introduction

As a child, I always loved to color. The greatest gifts I would receive were a new coloring book and a big box of crayons. But sewing is a different story. I never enjoyed sewing when I was younger. I always had trouble with the machine, bird’s nests in my bobbins, and broken needles. So when I started sewing many decades later, my mother was shocked and puzzled as to why I would I want to start sewing.

Soon after I started to sew, I discovered many different colors and types of threads. I was so excited to just play! I could see the changes on the fabric when I layered the threads, added metallic threads, did bobbin work, and added embellishments. My head spun with ideas, and soon I was hooked. Now I can truly say that I love playing with threads and I love sewing, especially creating quilts with thread painting and embellishments.

Shortly after I started sewing, I was asked to teach my techniques. When I first started teaching, I would design a pattern for the class. The students would trace the design, then thread paint the project. I quickly found out that people work at different speeds and that my students were at many different stages during the class. To keep everyone together during class and save time with designing, I started to work with panels. I began to look at panels with a different eye. What can I do with them? What can I change or add? Can I teach different techniques on a specific panel? Many of the answers were yes and produced amazing results. I love how a panel no longer looks like a panel but rather a true piece of art!

My hope and purpose with this book is that you, the reader, will have the same excitement and wonderful results as I do. Try the techniques covered in this book and add your own ideas to a panel. New panels are designed every year, so try these ideas and techniques on ones that are similar to those featured in this book or, even better, mix it up and create something new and different. Create your own piece of art!