Friday, May 11, 2007

Velvet and Friends

We have a group exhibition coming up with the WA embroiderer's Guild as part of a bit Craft Fair. To submit work it had to be in a padded calico bag. I normally wrap my stuff in a towel and chuck it in the back of the car. So anyway had to make a bag and here it is!!! It is so large I can fit my head and shoulders in it. hmmm that might not be such a bad idea some days...
Pat from Redland Bay came to Perth and we caught up for a chat!! Here we are in Cottesloe. Perhaps not the best choice of places in hind sight because the cafe I chose was so expensive! haw haw!! Oh well. :)
In readiness for embossing velvet....
Some embossed. 6 Months since I saw this done so I was vague on how to actually do it. But it turned out fine. Iron needs to be right up though. The stamps don't melt. You stamp onto the velvet with gel medium, leave the stamp in place, flip over and iron from the back for 5 secs. Then you simply peel off the velvet. The picture shows panne velvet. Doesn't work quite as nicely as non-stretch but still good results, I think. I also found that stamps without many raised areas are best - like the one in the top centre of the photo. Definitely worth a try, it was very easy.
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4 comments:

Ro Bruhn said...

Hi Hannah
I've just discovered your blog, this looks fabulous, I must give it a go. I love your work, I'm also a colour freak
Ro

Hannah Katarski said...

Eeee. Thanks, Ro.

Dianne said...

These look great!! I must try this!!!

Gunnels blog said...

Hi Hannah!
I love velvet! I didn´t know you could do stamps on it! Lovely!