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Painting on Fabric & More

What's Up?

Handpainted fabrics, painted tissue paper, cheesecloth, zipper insertion, threadplay, embellishments, hand-dyed fabrics, broken paint brushes. 15 1/2" x 19 1/4"

It's MY World

Sprayed coffee on art cloth plus tea staining, curved piecing, collage, zipper insertion, paper leaves, lace and thread play. 20" x 16 1/2"

Just Another City

Hand painted on art clothe with paper collage, batiks, and thread play. 31" x 24 1/2"

The Northern Lights

Hand pieced with a Gloria Loughman technique. Cottons, applique and fabric paint. 22" x 17"

Octopus's Garden

Photo transfer, dimensional foiling through stencil, melted tyvek, couching, lace overlays printing, cheesecloth and applique. 29" x 18"

Turtletopia

Curved piecing, negative painting, couching, stencilling, embellishments, trapped sea shells, beading. 19 1/2" x 26"

Resting

Image transferred on vinyl and set with hairspray, photo images on fabric cut up and overpainted, thread play.

Jazz 1

Fabric paint, TAP transfer, thread play.

Another Cold Day

Hand dyed fabric by Cathy Tomm, photo transfer onto EQ, cording, threadpainting, wool felt and cheesecloth. 21 1/2" x 18 3/4"

Birds 1 - the picture that WON'T straighten out

Shibori-styled background done with Inks, painted fusible web, fabric paint and thread play, plus embellishments.

Birds 2

"Building The Nest". Shibori background, bird done on fusible web, thread play and embellishments.

Birds 3

A collage of hand-painted fabrics, birds down with a variety of techniques including painted fusible web, thread play.

Birds 4

"Spring Days". Shibori styled background done with Ink, paint, thread play and embellishments.

Birds 5

"Looking Over My Shoulder" Shibori styled background fabric with Inks, crayon and fabric paint.

My Visit to the Island

Free-drawn figures with sewing machine, appliqué, paint, crayon and thread play.

Amsterdam Days

Free-drawn figures with sewing machine needle, fabric paint, crayon and collage.

Self Portrait with Two Faces

Yin and yang - the green face of envy and the confident artist. Collage and thread play.

A Warm night in SF ...

Fabric paint on white fabric, over raw-edged appliqué squares, photo transfer, embellishments and thread play.

WINTER WALK

Fabric paint and thread play on white fabric base.

My Dog Boots 2017

Shiva paint sticks and stencils on dark fabric.

Even Deeper Under the Sea

Fabric painting, negative painting, stencilling, thread play and embellishments.

Under The Sea ...

Fabric painting and stencilling white fabric, negative painting, thread play and embellishing.

February Portrait Challenge

Free drawing, fabric paint, collage and thread play.

Where to ...

Fabric painting, layered stencilling, image transfer, thread play and collage.

Emancipation

Fabric painting, stencilling, brave face painting, thread play.

Frenchie

Applique, fabric paint and paint pens. 22" x 19"

Beeware

Threadplay on quilter's vinyl, image transfer, stencilling and thread play.

Saturday, In The Park

TAP transfer on painted quilt batting, fabric painted details and thread play.

In the Private Collection of Nancy M

Picture printed on EQ, embellished, paint, crayon and thread play.

In the Private Collection of Nancy M

Negative painting on fabric plus thread play.

A Bear by Any Other Color - In the Private Collection of Linda Prud'homme

Shiva paint stick, stencilling and thread play on cotton.

The Big Flower - in the Private Collecti

Painted quilt batting, image transfer with TAP, thread play.

Something to Caw About - in the Private

Painted quilt batting, photo transfer with TAP, thread play

The Lucky Jade

TAP transfer, stencilling, EQ printable and thread play.

And a few other things ...

Album Cover Art

Based on a Grateful Dead Album Cover. Musical scores collaged on Art Cloth and painted, raw edge applique, thread play. 15 1/2" x 19"

The "Trouble" With Tissue

Crumbled and painted tissue paper, confetti, paper image transfer, stencilling, thread play and embellishments.

The Traveller

An ode to Sondra ... Image transfer, paint, collage, stencilling and embellishments, including layered papers on background.

Twitter

Fabric paint, foils, stencilling and thread play.

Two Umbrellas

Hand painted fabrics on gel plate, collage, fabric paint, image transfer and thread play.

The French Cafe

Image transfer, applique, collage and thread play, with embellishments.

EAT

Paper collage copied onto EQ printable, applique and quilting. 23 1/2" x 21"

Tribute to a Friend

Image transfer, embellishments, fabric paint and thread.

Chenille Flowers

Layered cottons cut and sliced, thread play.

Denim Days

Raw applique with old blue jeans, fabric paint, image transfer and thread play.

Wooly Fields

Wool and silk needle felting, thread play and embellishments.

Wooly Flowers

Wool needle felting, curved borders, thread play.

Tall Trees

In the private collection of Pastor Darcy Cust. TAP transfers on burlap, shiva paint stick, thread play.

She's A Mosaic

Raw-edged applique, thread play.

Tweet

Confetti, photo transfer, fabric paint and embellishments.

In the Private Collection of David & Lin

In the private collection of David & Linda Prud'homme. Raw-edged appliqué, fabric paint and embellishments.

Triptyche

Raw edged applique, including both paper and fabric images, thread play.

Le car

Raw edged applique, including both paper and fabric, confetti work, foil, fabric paint and thread play.

In the Private Collection of David Prud'

In the private collection of David Prud'homme. Fabric paint, collage, paper collage, thread play and confetti.

Linda's Landscape

In the private collection of David & Linda Prud'homme. Curved piecing, cottons and fabric paint.

DARLENE
BAYLEY
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Darlene Bayley Artist

Darlene is a Mixed Media Artist, who creates art that celebrates life, with paint, fabric and other medium. Darlene's work has won awards in several shows and is in homes from coast to coast.

 

Darlene is a Member of:

Edmonton & District Quilter's Guild

Canadian Quilter's Association

Fibre Art Network (Western Canadian)

Studio Art Quilt Association

Fibre Art Now!/Fibre Art Network

 

 If interested in more details, contact Darlene at:

darlenebayley@icloud.com

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