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Post by karen on Dec 14, 2011 2:33:37 GMT
Ok i'm trying my hand at some more textile beads, made with Tyvek, Metallic threads and some plastic decorative strips that Zed sent me, thankyou zed. i have to say they are a bit tricky and i'm trying to be careful not to burn them, so easy to do if your a fraction to close to the heat gun. Fun though and i'll keep practising
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Post by zed on Dec 14, 2011 9:22:05 GMT
They're cool, Kaz, really unusual and unique
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Post by karen on Dec 14, 2011 9:43:39 GMT
Unusual alright zed, its going to take a lot of practise lol
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Post by shelley on Dec 14, 2011 16:27:05 GMT
wow, very organic!
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 14, 2011 18:40:30 GMT
I think they are wonderful! Are you trying to make them more uniform? I love the organic look to them.
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Post by karen on Dec 14, 2011 20:45:41 GMT
Thanks Girls xo Ruth i'm just trying not to burn them lol and adding other threads in is tricky, i need three teeny tiny hands lol
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Post by zed on Dec 14, 2011 21:38:26 GMT
i need three teeny tiny hands lol ha ha! ;D
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 14, 2011 23:30:58 GMT
How about tweezers or some such? Perhaps you could attach the teeny tiny hands to your left hand so it could be more useful (unless you're left handed)
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Post by karen on Dec 15, 2011 0:34:15 GMT
lol i am right handed, tweezers might help thanks, having to wrap all those little bits of material around a skewer and hold them in place while you wrap some threads around is difficult, i do use a pin but if your not careful they still unwind before you get them to the heat. I'll persist though as i do love them.
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Post by pamd on Dec 29, 2011 16:07:57 GMT
Beautiful beads, as usual, Karen!
I ordered a memory foam mattress pad for my son's sofabed so it would be a little more comfortable this year. When I unpacked it, there was this kind of strange cover over the memory foam pad. I dutifully put it back in the box so I could rewrap it for storage until next time. When I went to pack the pad back into the box, I realized I didn't need this strange paper/plastic? cover, so started to throw it away. Oh, wait, perhaps this is tyvek? So, I cut a small square and wound it around a mandrel and held a match to it to see what it would do. It melts! I wonder if this is Tyvek? If so, then I have a queensize cover and could make lots of beads, or whatever! (now I have to go try a heat gun)
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 29, 2011 17:12:18 GMT
Even if it isn't Tyvek, it sounds like it works just fine. You can paint it to give it color before you make your beads. I usually use Dye-na-Flow but any kind of thin paint will work. Thicker paint will prevent it from melting as easily.
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Post by zed on Dec 29, 2011 19:01:38 GMT
Kaz, I've been saving all the Christmas chocolate wrappers for you
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Post by karen on Dec 29, 2011 22:16:20 GMT
Thats cool Pam, something else for you to try i just used acrylic paints when i painted those tyvek sheets and that was easy. LOL thanks zed, a while ago i actually bought my girls at work a box of chocolates for breakfast and made them eat them all so i could have the wrappers , those particular wrappers did not work though so i was dissapointed but very glad i made them eat all the calories and not me They were the box of cadbury's favorite chocolates so what sort of ones are you collecting zed ?
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Post by jufergu on Jan 9, 2012 1:40:10 GMT
I took a class from someone who hovered an iron over the tyvek while it lay flat on the ironing board. You never touch it to the tyvek. We were making something to look like rocks. It shriveled and distorted. We then painted it and stitched it.
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Post by karen on Jan 9, 2012 7:24:03 GMT
I havent tried it with the iron yet Judy but i love how as soon as heat hits it , it starts to distort and go all wonky lol I might have to try that and add a few stitches to, thanks
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