Embellishment

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Muppin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:55 GMT

That is a fun technique to try. I painted on HeatnBond Lite and it also turned out great.

Love you website too, Barbara!

Cheryl

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13Dandelions — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:46:31 GMT

Thank you Barbara, i just looked at your website, it is just beautiful. And so is your work. I can't wait to try your suggestions.

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Barbara Triscari — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:54:52 GMT

I use my left over fabric paint to paint fusible web. It takes very little paint. I also will lay fusibles or scrim, or other thin materials underneath my fabric when I paint to soak up the extras. Lots of fun and economical. I haven't had much time to use the fusible yet. Just a little under some thin fabrics to adhere it to a base material. You can also melt it and the top fabric (if polyester) and get some fun results. I have a blog with some photos of my photo albums using painted/printed interfacing that has some places where I have used the fusible underneath. you can check it out at www.triscartsi.com

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Barbara Triscari — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:33:43 GMT

I love the rusting idea! I love rusting fabric!

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MCConley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:08:43 GMT

Hi Karen!

If you go to Marcy Tilton's website she has a downloadable pdf preview of her "On the Surface" CD - on page 7 (of 13) her process of painting on fusible web is discussed a bit more fully. The URL is http://www.marcytilton.com/index.php?cid=129 . I found that this short excerpt from her CD gave me a clearer understanding of which side to use and why. Hope this helps!

Marie

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BrendaF@17 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:18:37 GMT

Hi Karen,

I have been wanting to give this a try. The instructions are a bit hard to follow - I agree. My experiment - SAS comes with two papers sandwiching the fusible. I cut a 4" square of SAS. I removed the first protective paper exposing the fusible. Taped it to a plastic bag (fusible side up) and painted it with Lumiere Gold paint. I am letting it dry. (I need to let it dry 24 hours.) My next step will be to use an Applique Pressing Sheet. I will place the sheet on my ironing board, place my painted web on the Applique Sheet painted side up. Then place another Applique Pressing Sheet on top as I don't want any bits of fusible or paint on my ironing surface or ironing board. Then, if it works I plan to cut out my shapes and fuse (painted side up) to my project using a Applique Pressing Sheet. What I am hoping will happen is the paint will fuse to the webbing and give the look of organza. I don't know if it is going to work, but giving it a try! Karen, I'd be interested in knowing how your doing with your sample, too!

Brenda

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Karen99 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:16:54 GMT

I'm confused -- I looked at the instructions on the link to America Quilts creatively and do you fuse the web with the paint side TOWARD your fabric? Or is the the web side on the fabric?

I'm going to paint some web today and try it --Karen S

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cindyl57 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:12:15 GMT

I was excited to try painting on Steam a Seam after reading this forum topic. I tried a little sample. I painted the SAS with metallic gold Lumiere paint and sandwiched it between a scrap piece of fabric and tulle (using my teflon pressing sheet of course!). Here's a picture. It turned out really cool looking and I love the texture of the tulle on top of the paint. So much fun to discover a new technique ... thanks for sharing ideas everyone!

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Dale Kathryn — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:29:27 GMT

Hi Maribeth - I must have been mind-melding with you today! As I was outside pulling weeds and admiring the trees I was thinking along the same lines. However, home renos have pushed artsy-quilty stuff to the very back of the bus lately and I look forward to seeing what YOU come up with since I will soon be covering my sewing machine, computer and printers to protect them from sanding dust! I will, however, be taking my laptop outside in the fresh air so I can keep up!

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Marithebeth — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:21:46 GMT

It is fortunate that you saw this vest and fell in love with it. This sounds intriguing. I am trying to remember where I put my SAS! You have triggered plenty of ideas. What if you used colored organza? What if you painted leaves and placed them face down on the SAS, brayed them and removed the leaves? Two kinds of paint? Something watery and then some thicker paint done with a secondary pattern? And I'm just learning what I can do with Angelina. Adding that into the fray could be fun, fun, fun. Thanks for the ideas.

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13Dandelions — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:22:41 GMT

Thank you for the reply- that's where I saw the wall hanging too. I loved it. Thank you for the link, it's exactly what I was looking for.

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BrendaF@17 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:42:37 GMT

SunniH,

I also recently saw a wall hanging at a store in Sacramento J.R. Flamingo using this technique. I asked the store owner if it was fused organza and she said it was actually Lumiere Paint painted on SAS, then the shapes were cut out and fused. I was out of town and really should have paid more attention. A class was being offered but being from out of town, it wasn't an option at that time. But anyway, doing a web search with these details I found this article on the technique. Here it is http://www.americaquiltscreatively.com/episodes/704.pdf I recently bought the paint and was going to give it a try. The wall hanging used cut-out shapes from the painted SAS and embellished with embroidery and beads. Very elegant. If I remember correctly, it might have been fused on Dupioni Silk or raw silk. Very unique and different. Hope this helps.

BrenFer

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pandabolt — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:18:09 GMT

Sunni, is it possible that the organza was printed on, and then just fused to the base using Steam A Seam? Printed organza looks pretty ethereal.

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13Dandelions — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:29:51 GMT

The effect I am trying for looks like silk screen on organza. I like the suggestion of misty fuse, I've never tried it. I also like the rust idea. I just bought the SAS on a whim. I think I'll go out and get the Misty fuse. Thanks for the input

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pandabolt — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:32:42 GMT

I have painted various fusibles with great success. And, yes, you remove one of the protective papers to paint the adhesive itself.

Yes, you definitely have to have some caution when using it. If you do not have it covered with another fabric, then any time you hit it with an iron, it will gunk up your iron, and distress as well.

I think you should go with what you think was done, and you will probably be pleasantly surprised.

Try using Angelina fibers and snippets of angelina film as well. And I have found that using PearlEx on top of the exposed fusible is just wonderful.

If you fuse the organza on top of the painted fusible, you might consider just what effect you want. Misty fuse is quite lacey, so you would get a softer result than if you use a more "solid" fusible such as the SAS. The color will probably be more brilliant, and thus more apparent once it is layered with the sheer.

Incidentally, I rusted some Misty Fuse, and boy did that do some great things. Try it, you might like it.!