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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 21, 2016 18:50:31 GMT
Following on from the discussion on the challenge thread, here are a couple of my experiments with foiling, they sit on either side of a felted book cover. The first was made with a wooden stamp where I sponged PVA glue onto the stamp and then stamped the felt before foiling. It looks a bit blurred because I made the mistake of trying to full the felt some more after foiling it, the PVA glue dissolved and the foil fell off, so I repeated it again. The second one was drawn freehand with textile glue so didn't suffer the same fate as the zebra stamp.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 21, 2016 19:14:26 GMT
Cool
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 21, 2016 22:51:37 GMT
I agree with Ruth, cool.
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Post by elizabeth on Jan 22, 2016 14:58:36 GMT
That's pretty, Teri. Could that be put on a garment? How close-to-the-skin soft is it?
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 22, 2016 15:57:15 GMT
It is very thin and flexible and I seen people use it on tshirts, so it definitely ok on garments, not sure how durable it would be if skin were rubbing against it though.
What do you have in mind?
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Post by elizabeth on Jan 22, 2016 22:21:02 GMT
Nothing specific at this point, Teri. Bling is always fun to add, but I have some fabric and yarn scraps that are not too comfortable next to the skin. It might be an alternative. Maybe a better one would be just to use it to embellish the non-contact parts. Thanks.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Jan 23, 2016 9:36:27 GMT
love what you have done here Teri, I have used foil sparingly in work, I do like how you have used it - you the alchemist of felt and embellishment Teri :-)
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 23, 2016 10:22:02 GMT
Ah maybe it was you Carole, I had "blamed" Elizabeth, for "making" me rush out a buy a load of foil! It is lovely stuff though, nothing else comes anywhere near to providing so much bling!
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Post by lyn on Jan 23, 2016 11:46:37 GMT
Not sure who to blame, but I am now in possession of some textile foil !
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 23, 2016 13:09:24 GMT
Perhaps the next challenge should be adding bling to felt!
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Post by halay on Jan 23, 2016 17:14:41 GMT
Adding bling to felt - that's a good idea for the next challenge. Can anyone explain please what is "textile foil" and how you can use it in felting? Perhaps I missed the original post but cannot find it.
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 23, 2016 19:03:15 GMT
It looks a lot like a very thin version of kitchen foil but comes in a myriad of different colours (some are holographic too), and it is supplied on thin plastic sheet. You apply textile glue to your fabric / felt where you want the foil and press it (coloured side up) with a warm iron to make the foil stick to the fabric. You can use pretty much any glue but only textile glues seem to survive washing.
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Post by Frances on Jan 23, 2016 19:14:38 GMT
Teri is their a brand or manufacturer you prefer
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 23, 2016 20:04:37 GMT
Not a brand as such but I have been buying mine from patsy_may on ebay, the rolls are quite large but work out very cheap if you think you will get through. I think you need to be careful not to buy "toner foil" - this requires a special machine to use it and it is designed for paper / card. If you search "textile foil" on ebay / amazon or google you should be ok, check out the instructions on the web page if you're not sure if it is for paper or fabric.
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 27, 2016 21:47:29 GMT
Here's a picture of the hat covered in foil strips waiting for the glue to dry, hopefully this gives a better idea of how it works...?
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