Behind the Scenes....

Hello All,

This week it has been a choice between doing and blogging.....

The show at Ally Pally last week was great, despite my first real attack

of nerves pre demo for a while! But thanks to all the interested and lovely

chatty visitors to the PaperArtsy stand, I soon managed to pull myself back

together :) so thank you!

Then after a lovely afternoon with number two daughter in Hyde Park, and an

annoyingly delayed flight back, it was back to home and work.

Sometimes, behind the scenes, I am actually making things, but they might be for

future release, take a long time, or just not interesting enough to blog about!

Anyway, today I was experimenting with a new fabric stabiliser called Terial Magic,

and some dies by Tattered Lace.

The Terial Magic is sprayed on the fabric, semi dried, and ironed, giving it a papery

quality so that it is easier to die cut.

Apparently it washes out for sewing projects.....will have to try that out.....lots of

possibilities......

Bye for now, P.

Simple Die Cut Applique......

Hello All,

Some projects take a little bit longer than others.....usually the sewing

ones. I use die cutting for paper projects ( I like the delicacy of paper

cuts) but I have been trying out a few cutting dies with fabric for a

bit of a change.

This time I used a few Tattered Lace fabric dies, firstly for this really simple

mini cushion (it's only about 4 ins square). Felt is great, it does not fray and it cuts

well. Such pretty colours too!

The second is this really simple bonded applique cushion, with easy straight machine

stitching.

Just thought I would mention a "top tip" here: if you want to stitch a particular

shape and don't want to risk drawing on your fabric, cut the shape out in freezer

paper (I die cut this circle too!), iron it on and use it as a template to stitch round.

Then you can peel it off and not have to worry about any marks :)

Simple but it works.

Back on Saturday with a rather crazy PaperArtsy project.....

Bye for now, P.