After all the recent interruptions to normal life I returned to my embroidery class this week to find that we were looking at machine embroidery and Lutrador. I have only had one experience of using Lutrador before, very unsuccessfully! So it was very good to get to "play" when there was no burning need to include it within a piece of work. I now realise that I had tried to incorporate too large a piece of Lutrador onto a soft, quilty base. Today we set out experiments onto pelmet vilene which provided a much more stable ground layer. Lutrador took acrylic paints very easily and I loved the effects using metallic acrylic paint, sadly I forgot to photograph it at this stage! Layering the Lutrador over cotton fabric we the stitched into the three layers and then used a blow torch to burn away areas of the Lutrador. My main error was in choosing a busy background fabric, this made the whole thing far too bitty. next we tried using two layers of Lutrador, both painted, over cotton and pelmet vilene and in addition to the machine stitching, used scissors to cut into the top layer so that the heat would expose the layer beneath. This created a much more interesting set of effects and I could envisage using this again. I so enjoy having the space and time to try out things, its surprising the effects that can come about and the "pings" that the brain then has about how one might use them! I still have to get down to a piece for Festival of Quilts.......
In my last post I showed some of the brooches I’ve been making out of Tyvek. This month I thought I would continue with the “man made” fabric theme and show you how I make my Lutradur leaves. Lutr…
Learn about what Lutradur is and some tips for using it on your next quilting projects in this video from National Quilters Circle
Ive been experimenting with a pack of black lutradur sheets I had in my stash for a swap I signed up for, Ive been meaning to use my lutradur for ages but never got round to it. Adrienne announced …
Yesterday I managed to do some more sewing on my new machine, Ive been feeling really ill for the last few days and have been unable to do any sewing so when I finally sat down in front of the mach…
Hi Everyone! I hope you are all having a great start to your weekend and for those of you visiting the Yarndale event this weekend I hope you manage to pop along to the Colourcraft Stand and say hi to everyone :) My project today is the Lutradur Lace effect,and I have to admit that I am having a lot of fun experimenting and learning new techniques with all these lovely products that we have been given in our design team package to play with and to create lovely new projects for you here on the blog I have a step by step guide for you on how I created this effect and even as I am typing up this blog post I am already thinking of the different ways I can use this product in the future Step 1 Take a piece of Lutradur (i used 70) which is the medium weight and cut a piece off to the size you wish to work with.. and spritz with water Step 2 Apply colour.. I found that ifyou use brusho acrylic mist sprays they work best for an all over lace effect, if you wish you can use fabric paint, but the lutradur will not lace as much where the paint has been applied.. so if you wish to have solid areas on your piece, apply fabic paint :) Step 3 Dab off the excess spray with a paper towel and apply heat with your heat gun to your sprayed lutradur Step 4 Move your head gun around your Lutradur until the lacing effect starts to happen and continue until you have the desired look you fancy Step 5 add a touch of shimmer to your lutradur by applying Colourcraft aztec metallic paints to the perimeter of your piece and also to the lacey arear inside Here are a few close up pictures of the lace effect on the other pieces I made you can always further embelish your lace pieces by sewing on beads or adding small sequins now here are the cards that I created using the lace panels, you could also die cut flowers out of your finished lace and layer to create skeleton flowers, which would look great on many projects, even a flower embelishment for a hat.. I hope you enjoyed todays step by step tutorial, donlt forget to let us know what you think and show us your projects using this effect :) I hope you see you soon, thank you for joining me today here on the Colourcraft Blog, enjoy your weekend! Sarah x Lutradur Aztec eco metallic paint starter paint Aztec eco metallic paint Lustre colours Brusho Mist sprays Brusho Shimmer Sprays Heat Gun Tim Holtz Occasions Small Talk Stickers Eanger surfaces Black cardstock Bazzill Basics White Cardstock
Lutradur leaves tutorial
Learn about what Lutradur is and some tips for using it on your next quilting projects in this video from National Quilters Circle
Lutradur leaves tutorial
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Ive been experimenting with a pack of black lutradur sheets I had in my stash for a swap I signed up for, Ive been meaning to use my lutradur for ages but never got round to it. Adrienne announced …
Known as Lutradur this product is also sold as Rainbowspun in Australia. It is a fine fabric, made of spun polyester material. It is light and wispy and looks a bit like fairy floss being made. …
In my last post I showed some of the brooches I’ve been making out of Tyvek. This month I thought I would continue with the “man made” fabric theme and show you how I make my Lutradur leaves. Lutr…
This weekend I found a few spare hours to play around with lutradur so see what I could come up with. I don’t use lutradur often but it’s got some special features that are kind of nice …
Ive been experimenting with a pack of black lutradur sheets I had in my stash for a swap I signed up for, Ive been meaning to use my lutradur for ages but never got round to it. Adrienne announced …
In my last post I showed some of the brooches I’ve been making out of Tyvek. This month I thought I would continue with the “man made” fabric theme and show you how I make my Lutradur leaves. Lutr…
Ive been experimenting with a pack of black lutradur sheets I had in my stash for a swap I signed up for, Ive been meaning to use my lutradur for ages but never got round to it. Adrienne announced …
More fun techniques! Wrapping Paper Landscapes Just cause I could. This is from Stitches Mag (my favoritie British mag). I believe i...
this closeup shows the use of interference paints to achieve a shimmer effect littleworksofart.blogspot.com
Known as Lutradur this product is also sold as Rainbowspun in Australia. It is a fine fabric, made of spun polyester material. It is light and wispy and looks a bit like fairy floss being made. …
Before I get started on my topic for today’s post, I wanted to show you the finish of Sanctuary. I added some weight to the left hand branches and I like it a lot better. Ann had suggested th…
Newspaper decorated with painted Bondweb, silk fibres, glitter and transfer foil. On Saturday I drove over to Meopham in Kent to teac...
In my last post I showed some of the brooches I’ve been making out of Tyvek. This month I thought I would continue with the “man made” fabric theme and show you how I make my Lutradur leaves. Lutr…
One of the delights of experimental printmaking is using materials which havea mind of their own. If you enjoy this approach then you will definitely like experimenting with Tyvek printing plates.
This weekend I found a few spare hours to play around with lutradur so see what I could come up with. I don’t use lutradur often but it’s got some special features that are kind of nice …
Lutradur leaves tutorial
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Lutradur leaves tutorial
Painting Fusible Web... Oh, so much FUN! The Permission 2 Play instructors gathered together to do some class prep... Painting Fusible Web The acrylic paint is watered down a bit... You want a watery consistency. Paint it directly onto the fusible web... glue side up... paper side down The paper becomes wet and begins to buckle and creates air pockets...yummy! Close Up View.....Air Pockets Allow the painted fusible web to dry Once dry....you can do so much with this stuff: You can tear it before you apply it to a substrate... You can directly iron it to paper or fabric or ??? Once it cools off... you peel off the backing paper Look at all that yummy texture In class, the P2P students will be creating their own painted fusible web... and use it to embellish note cards. Please Join Us: Permission 2 Play Painted Fusible Class Thursday, September 27, 2018 @ 1:00 JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop 1243 Main Street Philomath, OR 97370 541-929-3795 Permission 2 Play is a FREE class offering for cancer diagnosed patients. No experience is necessary to participate. All supplies are provided for the students. Classes are held the 4th Thursday of each month at JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop, Philomath, OR If you are interested in joining this class contact: LuAnn Kessi [email protected] Our Best To You, Instructors: Nancy Bryant, Kathi Borrego, Debbie van der Sommen, LuAnn Kessi Many Thanks for the support of: JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop, OSU Folk Thrift Club of Corvallis, OR, Mary's River Quilt Guild, Donations made by private individuals, Good Samaritan Hospital, Samaritan Regional Cancer Center, Corvallis Clinic Oncology, Project H.E.R. You make this class possible!
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In the US, they do not have access to the amazing coloured Lutradur we have, so many of the techniques you read about in books and magazines requires you to paint your white lutradur first. This i…
Im ealier Experimetnts I found this hot pink lutradur hard to melt with a flat iron. I had got it from a craft shop where it was sold for use as floristic ribbon. In the first trial, I simply heatg…
I am making good progress on quilting “I See the Moon.” I have quilted around all the branches (whew!), done some of the darkest part of the sky at the top, and have finished the moon. I used two colors of thread on it, a medium blue on the darker areas, and white. At first, I worried that I had made it too textural and bumpy. But I think it looks okay, especially since the rest of the quilt is fairly flat. And since it is the focal point of this piece, I guess it doesn’t hurt to let the quilting draw some attention to it.
