Making Faces in Fabric by Melissa Averinos

Author:Melissa Averinos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C&T Publishing

Markers of face on base fabric

tip If you prefer, you can use tailor’s chalk to mark the base fabric instead of using fabric.

VARYING PROPORTIONS

Once the markers are placed in the “right” spots, play with subtle changes that express your own preferences and taste. Try moving one feature at a time just slightly to see if you’d like to use a stylized set of proportions, such as wider-set and lowered eyes. You could also try increasing or decreasing the width of the markers; for example, making a much narrower mouth or wider nose. Over time, you will gain confidence in your choices and develop your signature style.

Step Away from the Project

Once I get going on a creative project, it can be hours before I get up from my work. While it feels awesome to be so focused and inspired, there is a huge benefit to getting up and looking at the piece from a different perspective. Very often when I look at it from a vantage point of something other than a few inches away, I find that something I was struggling with or wasn’t sure about actually looks great.

And sometimes it doesn’t, which is another good reason to walk away for a bit! Continuing to work on something that isn’t coming together can be frustrating and counterproductive. If you are getting hung up on a feature or detail, move along and come back to it later.

Eyes

Cut shapes for the whites of the eyes and replace the eye markers with them, spaced roughly one eye-width apart. If you like the size and placement, tack them down with the glue stick.

tip Don’t bother trying to smear the glue stick over the entire back of the fabric or getting right up to the edges. In this “tacking down” stage, simply give the back of the fabric a quick swipe with the glue stick—just enough to hold it in place until you get to the finer gluing later.

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