Artistic Creations with Angelina

Bente Nysaether Malm

Bente lives in Hardanger Norway. We were very fortunate that Eldrid Royset Førde had seen Bente's work and suggested that I contact her about teaching online classes. Bente writes me the following letter:

I live in Western Norway, with my husband and my dog. I have one grown-up daughter, she and her husband live in the neighbourhood. I have been quilting for nearly 20 years, but it “took off” about 10 years ago, and after that, I have been dependent on it.

Sometimes I like to do ordinary patchwork, but I have a lot of fun trying all the new stuff. And I really like to make new textures on fabric. There is not much support for this in Norway, so I have to find my inspirations on the internet and in books. One of my favorites is to make landscape quilts. I love to put tiny pieces of fabrics together and sew free motion on them.

I have a Bernina with BSR-foot, and love that for quilting, but when I do thread-painting  (drawing with threads), I prefer the ordinary darning foot, because I need to feel that I have the control, and feel that it’s me who does it…. (maybe that is because I used the darning foot for this for years before I got the BSR foot)

 When it comes to Angelina, I have used it in different ways, it has so many possibilities. I don’t like very shiny stuff (glitter and similar things), but Angelina is so much more. It is made of polyester, and melts when you iron it. It comes in a lot of different colors, and you may blend the different colours. The colour changes with different heat. You can make it shiny or old and matte. It can be added to other embellishments. It can stand water (handwash).

In this class we will make the portfolios in the three first lessons, and in the last lesson I will describe other ways to use Angelina and a short description  on Tyvek, and Tyvek beads. I will use my Flickr-album, and tell how I used the Angelina in different techniques. You may look in my album for a preview.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bentenmalm/  to the right on top of the page, you will find a set with a few photos for this class, and there is a set named Angelina. You may find photos of Tyvek and Tyvek beads with searching at top of the page.

Angelina Heart	Bente
Landscape	Bente's Patterns