Make Fabric Dollhouses. Use Teflon Baking Sheets For Fusible Fabrics & Veneers. What are Teflon Pressing Sheets or Ironing Sheets?
Teflon pressing sheets are paper thin fiberglass fabric mesh sheets coated with a thin layer of teflon on both sides. The sheets are non porous and non stick, so you can use them with a range of craft materials and fusible materials yet clean them easily. The mesh on the fabric is fine enough to allow you to see under or through the sheet to view how fabrics or other materials are aligned, and the teflon coating gives you a non stick surface to iron on, as well as to press on any fusible fibers and fabrics you may be using for your project. Coated with Teflon on both sides, the sheets can be used with regular or non stick irons or heat guns, to allow pressing, heating or melting of items which can easily be removed from the teflon surface once they have cooled. A cheaper alternative, but one which needs more frequent replacement, is to use non stick baking parchment sheets when you are melting or fusing veneers and heat shrink films.
No Sew, No Knots Fleece Edge. What a week I have had – some good and some not so good.
How about I start with the good. I think I mentioned the Joann’s fabric store in Grand Island, NE. is having a liquidation sale as they are opening a new store in another location in town and I guess they are not moving any of the merchandise from the old store to the new one so they have had very good sales going on. I purchased the anti-pill fleece in 2 yard segments to make single layer throws for my daughters, sons in law and grand children – 8 in all. I didn’t want the throws to get too heavy so that is why I only used one layer for each. I found directions on the internet for making the throws without the knots you usually see. Here are the step by step photos and directions I used to make them.
Step 2 - Cut 1” slits around the entire edge and a 2” square out of each corner. Was cutting and either added a little to each 1” fringe or subtracted a little so I wouldn’t have a really skinny or really fat strip at the corners.
Crochet & Knitting. Slippers & Footwear. Sites With Multiple Textile & Fiber Crafts. Other People's Textile & Fiber Craft Pearls. Doily Crafts – Inspired Ideas. Some crocheters love doilies with their intricate designs, while others find them time-consuming and boring.
Whether you crochet a doily yourself, find it at a craft store or stumble across it at a second hand shop, there is so much craft potential for the doily. Doilies are conventionally used as decorative mats, but let’s just forget that for a moment. Let’s step out of the box and get creative! Here are are some inspired ideas for doily crafts. What will you do with your doilies? The idea for this alternative to the typical jewelry box came from The Great Society: This Blog is Going Smash. Turn a doily into a bowl. Add some elegance to a clutch with a doily. No more boring lampshades! Fabric Folding: Origami Made With Fabric. Fabric folding is like origami but with fabric instead of paper.
The major difference between fabric and paper is that fabric is softer and won’t hold creases well. Thus, unless you use fabric stiffener, objects folded from fabric will have rounded corners and look softer than traditional origami. Napkin Folding The most popular kind of fabric folding is napkin folding. These are commonly seen in restaurants where the napkins are folded in a decorative fashion.