I learned a lot about painting on fabric from her lecture. Sure wish I had taken one of her classes. She recommends using Transparent Paints as they are the Softest. Metallics are slightly stiffer and reflective, they are good for large areas because you can't see where it meets with where you started.
Opaque are the stiffest but are good for covering underneath colours.
She suggested to use freezer paper as a mask when painting. Another great use for freezer paper. What a valuable art tool.
Another great tip, that I keep hearing is to use Wool batting as it doesn't crease even if folded. It is light weight and gives great stitch definition.
June uses Facing binding and explains how to make them on her web site. A faced binding is great for art quilts. It is how Coreen and I finished Serengeti Moment.
One unusual tip was to use Misty fuse as basting with very slippery materials. For example silk charmouse to wool batting.
Another Binding style she uses is twisted yarns. She will begin the binding by drawing a pencil line at the squared off edge. Then she will sew a tight Stitch at pencil line edge, followed by a Zigzag stitch. To finish she will couch the complimenting Twisted threads. A tip is to Put small balls of threads for twisting in baggies to keep them from tangling.
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