Sunday, 23 May 2010

Playing with Fabrics



I've been playing again today. I stamped an image with black stazon onto a piece of a cotton hankie which I'd previously dyed a yellowish colour. I used a dyed redish piece of cotton fabric for the base, added a dyed tumble dryer sheet and a piece of dyed tulle or netting to you and me. I added a piece of wool which I draped round the image in order to try and create a frame. I stitched all the fabrics together, as above.



Using my heat tool (the one with the nozzle, not the hair dryer type), I heated the various materials. The tumble dryer sheet and the netting melted quite nicely to reveal the image and some of the wool fibres.

15 comments:

  1. Fantastic piece of heated and melted fabric, love your layers and collage effect ! Great Stuff.

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  2. Blimey, well done Sam. That's so cool.
    A few more squares like that and I'll make them into a quilt for you !!!!!
    Burnice x

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  3. Thanks for the offer Burn but I'm hoping to be able to get that stage myself one day!!!!!

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  4. Wow what a lot of work has gone into this piece and the image looks ace within that frame, way out of my league with the stitching again, cool effect
    Kate xx

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  5. Fab work Sam - you certainly are an all rounder.

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  6. Very intersting getting wonderful depth and texture.

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  7. Beautiful work, the layers look lovely together.

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  8. Burning stuff's so cool (oops! I sound like Beavis and Butthead LOL). That frame is fab.

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  9. Lookin' good - seems you're turning into a real fabric fan for now.

    xxxxxxx

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  10. Your fabric experiments are looking great Sam, glad you're having fun with your new toy!

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  11. nice textures with the heat tool and sewing

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  12. cool fabric work, love the layers!

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  13. Sam I love how the heat tool finishes the pieces off they look fab
    great work my friend,
    hugs June x

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  14. Wow! This is way cool Sam! Is nothing safe from the heat gun in your house?! xx

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  15. Stunning! Love your great results. Penny

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