except when it involves fabric. I do not - with a capital do not - like to sew or play with fabric or anything remotely connected with it. However, I'm in an ATC swap with the theme "fabric". That should teach me to go out of town and tell my girls to "sign me up" no matter what!
So I played this a.m.:
First had to go to Joanne's for fabric and chose these + 1 other you'll see in a sec:
Then chose some of Studio 490 (Wendy Vecchi's) stamps from Stampers' Anonymous. Used Ranger's Black Archival ink and stamped images onto the fabric. Let dry for a couple of minutes and cut out.
Used a combination of pinking shears and Tim Holtz Tonic scissors to cut. Then the experimentation started. First tried Mod Podge, then spray starch and finally varnish to create a stiffer piece of fabric (remember, I'm not a seamstress. There's probably something out there that will do the job just like that. *Snap your fingers here please*)
Anyway, as you can see from the above photo, once I tried applying any of the 3 "finishes", the edges of these flowers started curling up. Yippee!
Then had to find something to use as pop dots. I knew regular pop dots would not adhere to fabric, but remembered that Wendy used grungeboard in one of the classes I took from her. So, dug out some grungeboard and applied Adirondack Cranberry Color Wash to them:
Waited for everything to dry. Talked to my girlfriends to set-up what we call "craft club" for today. Made breakfast (especially since these little grungeboard pieces looked like pepperoni) and then started stacking:
Background is a Studio 490 Bingo stamp.
Center yellow felt flower and stamens from my stash.
The "shine" stem is a piece of paper tinsel I bought a couple of years ago in KC.
Tinted the paper with Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Ranger).
Look at you!!! Great job! I have also used iron on bonding. VERY easy to work with.I used Wonder Under and Heat and Bond. SEW many possibilities!
Love the Wendy leaves.
Posted by: Linda Cain | April 18, 2009 at 11:14 AM