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A TECHNIQUE DRIVEN Blog dedicated to mastery of surface design techniques. First we dye, overdye, paint, stitch, resist, tie, fold, silk screen, stamp, thermofax, batik, bejewel, stretch, shrink, sprinkle, Smooch, fuse, slice, dice, AND then we set it on fire using a variety of heat tools.

This blog is no longer active but all our content is still here and accessible.

A TECHNIQUE DRIVEN Blog dedicated to mastery of surface design techniques. First we dye, overdye, paint, stitch, resist, tie, fold, silk screen, stamp, thermofax, batik, bejewel, stretch, shrink, sprinkle, Smooch, fuse, slice, dice, AND then we set it on fire using a variety of heat tools.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Cool Hot Stuff

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What can you do with burnt Tyvek?  Check out his gorgeous quilt:   http://eiloren.blogspot.com/2009/10/end-of-beauty.html Neroli Henderson...

More With the Heat Gun and Lutradur

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I used leaf stamps and Jacquard Lumiere paint on the heavier lutradur.  I let it dry, then I cut them out and blasted them with the heat gun...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Melting tyvek

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The other night I painted some tyvek pieces -- today I got my soldering iron out and fooled around melting it, since I don't have a heat...
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Updated wrappers

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These are Rolled Gold Pretzel bags. I painted one on the front and one on the back. I heated them all on the unpainted side. The small bit ...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011

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Melting Ice Cream (wrappers) I saw this somewhere and I thought I would take one for the team and eat an entire box of ice creams. ...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Using Heat to Add Texture to Fabric--Quilter Beth

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I have been collecting fabrics of "unknown origin" to use in art quilt projects for quite some time. Many of them were purchased w...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

A Little Bit of Tyvek

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This is some painted Tyvek that I heated with the heat gun after painting both sides.  This first photo is the side I hit with the heat gun....
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