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Then I covered with parchment paper and ironed it til it was fused together. It was pretty quick, I had two sets made in a few minutes.
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I then took the fused "fabric" and sliced it into squares, rectangles, and cut some into circles.
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I sewed some of the circles onto a piece of gauze-like fabric using a free motion stitch. It was kind of hard on my sewing machine, as the paint was too thick in parts, and kept gumming up my needle. If I ever do this again, I think a light wash of paint would be better for my machine.
This is a portion of the sewed piece, held up to my window so you can see the translucence and the stitching--
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Another piece I created the same way, except I used squares instead of circles. Then I cut into a square, put a piece of ribbon through it, and now it's a homemade Christmas tree ornament.
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This is a piece created using one of the plastic fabrics, cut into squares, then mounted onto a piece of a hospital laundry bag that dissolves in water, kind of like the dissolving stabilizers. My friend at work, Eileen, gave me one yesterday after I saw her blog post about them. I just sewed straight lines on the piece, instead of doing any fancy stitches, and then melted the laundry bag away.
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This piece is going to be cut up, too, but I'm saving it til my week off after Christmas when I might have a little more free time!
You did some very cool experiments with this technique. I'd like to see these in person.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I think what you did is the benefit of working with a technique as a group. I would never have thought of doing what you did! Now I will try it and maybe add something of my own. And so it goes.
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