My online fabric postcard group is having a swap called the Tortured Tyvek swap. Here are some of my postcards. First I painted pellon with watered craft paints. I also painted the Tyvek with metallic paint. Let both dry well. Then I randomly cut apart the Tyvek, placed it between 2 pieces of parchment paper and ran a hot iron over it. The hotter the iron gets the more the Tyvek melts. You can see some interesting results. I then glued several of the Tyvek pieces onto the pellon and added a back to the card. Two of the cards I decided to try free motion quilting on top of the Tyvek. It worked wonderfully so I should have done this from the beginning. For safety you should melt the Tyvek outside so any fumes are disapated outside and not in the house.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Tortured Tyvek Postcard Swap
My online fabric postcard group is having a swap called the Tortured Tyvek swap. Here are some of my postcards. First I painted pellon with watered craft paints. I also painted the Tyvek with metallic paint. Let both dry well. Then I randomly cut apart the Tyvek, placed it between 2 pieces of parchment paper and ran a hot iron over it. The hotter the iron gets the more the Tyvek melts. You can see some interesting results. I then glued several of the Tyvek pieces onto the pellon and added a back to the card. Two of the cards I decided to try free motion quilting on top of the Tyvek. It worked wonderfully so I should have done this from the beginning. For safety you should melt the Tyvek outside so any fumes are disapated outside and not in the house.
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