Sunday, August 1, 2010
Fall Leaf Stepping Stone
During Vacation Bible School for adults at my church we made stepping stones and painted them. Mine turned out really big. The lady who taught us how to do this brought some huge leaves for us to use. They are made out of concrete and painted with acrylic paints. I guess they take about a month to cure completely. Here are my pics.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Don't try this at home!
I have images on the computer I'd love to transfer and then embroider. I'm looking for easy ways to do that.
I've been neglecting my dishes, so instead of doing those I tried out a couple transfer methods tonight. One didn't work at all and the other didn't work very well. The first was the Acetone Toner Transfer Method. I reversed an Urban Threads image by scanning it, a lucky clover one and printed it out with my laser printer. Then I taped it to a 100% cotton floursack towel. Then your supposed to get a cotton ball wet with nail polish remover and go over it, followed by the back of a spoon. (for complete instructions send me a message with your email and I'll send it to you). Well, this didn't work at all! My nail polish remover says it has acetone in it, but maybe not enough.
The second method I used was the light box transfer method. I found a clear plastic box, turned it on its side and put a floor lamp sideways on the floor into the box, sans shade. I don't have a table lamp. Then I put down my image, not reversed, and traced it with Crayola fine point washable markers on the floursack towel. Well, the markers bled quite a bit. (fabric on top of paper on top of clear box) I should have taped everything down too. I didn't like how it turned out so its on top of the washer. I will see if the colors really do wash out!
So now I'm pretty frustrated. I really want to try Transfer-Eze, when I have a spare $15 or so. Here is the link to the tutorial: http://zuill.us/andreablog/2010/01/29/transfer-eze-a-new-product-for-embroiderers/ Here is a place you can buy it: http://www.originalcreationsquiltshop.com/shop/TransferEze.htm
So for now I'm sticking to iron-on transfers. :(
Does anyone know any other methods that work for you?
I've been neglecting my dishes, so instead of doing those I tried out a couple transfer methods tonight. One didn't work at all and the other didn't work very well. The first was the Acetone Toner Transfer Method. I reversed an Urban Threads image by scanning it, a lucky clover one and printed it out with my laser printer. Then I taped it to a 100% cotton floursack towel. Then your supposed to get a cotton ball wet with nail polish remover and go over it, followed by the back of a spoon. (for complete instructions send me a message with your email and I'll send it to you). Well, this didn't work at all! My nail polish remover says it has acetone in it, but maybe not enough.
The second method I used was the light box transfer method. I found a clear plastic box, turned it on its side and put a floor lamp sideways on the floor into the box, sans shade. I don't have a table lamp. Then I put down my image, not reversed, and traced it with Crayola fine point washable markers on the floursack towel. Well, the markers bled quite a bit. (fabric on top of paper on top of clear box) I should have taped everything down too. I didn't like how it turned out so its on top of the washer. I will see if the colors really do wash out!
So now I'm pretty frustrated. I really want to try Transfer-Eze, when I have a spare $15 or so. Here is the link to the tutorial: http://zuill.us/andreablog/2010/01/29/transfer-eze-a-new-product-for-embroiderers/ Here is a place you can buy it: http://www.originalcreationsquiltshop.com/shop/TransferEze.htm
So for now I'm sticking to iron-on transfers. :(
Does anyone know any other methods that work for you?
Friday, July 23, 2010
A Princess Among Dragons
For the July/August Challenge in the Art Challenges~ group at http://creativesouls.ning.com/. DMC floss backstitched on cardstock with Far East Matstack papers. Stencil designs by www.spraypaintstencils.com.
What really helped me finish this was Dan Goodwin's suggestion on Coach Creative Space http://coachcreativespace.ning.com/ to work on one project at a time through to the finish. Of course you can't always do that. Actually I think it was in one of his blog posts. This is just embroidery on paper or Dutch Embroidery. I just printed out the stencil designs and poked holes along the lines in pink, green and purple cardstock. I used black DMC floss on the dragon and variegated floss on the rose and stem. After sewing I stuck it all together with double-sticky tape. I used DCWV papers around the edges. Here are pictures of the process.
The back.
What really helped me finish this was Dan Goodwin's suggestion on Coach Creative Space http://coachcreativespace.ning.com/ to work on one project at a time through to the finish. Of course you can't always do that. Actually I think it was in one of his blog posts. This is just embroidery on paper or Dutch Embroidery. I just printed out the stencil designs and poked holes along the lines in pink, green and purple cardstock. I used black DMC floss on the dragon and variegated floss on the rose and stem. After sewing I stuck it all together with double-sticky tape. I used DCWV papers around the edges. Here are pictures of the process.
The back.
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