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^- Hi, I'm Ashley Nickels, I'm a modern quilter.

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I've always been into a lot of different creative pursuits.

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And one of my favorite things to do

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is to watercolor on paper, and then once the paint is dried,

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use a black Micron pen to outline the shapes

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that are created by the watercolor.

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It was always a really nice way to unwind after quilting,

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and then it occurred to me that the black outlines

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with the pen that I was creating

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looked a lot like stitched lines.

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And so I thought, is there a way

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I can recreate the watercolor paint on fabric,

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and then use black thread to outline the painted designs?

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I'm gonna show you my painting technique

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using a liquid acrylic fabric paint.

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We'll be working on swatches of cotton muslin

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or 100% cotton fabric.

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We'll talk about ways to recreate

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the watercolor effect on fabric.

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And finally, we'll use free-motion quilting

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to highlight our painted designs.

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