These were made from an article by Lorraine Pickles called "Pull Yourself Together" in issue 31 of the Stitch Magazine printed by the Embroiderers Guild in the U.K.
Firstly you had to paint some Tyvek using silk paints both on the front and back then let it dry.
You then cut it into 4 strips -embroidered on the strips and then re- embroidered the strips back togetheragain.
I blanket stitched around the edges as well.
When you have finished the embroidery you then place the embroidery between a folded piece of parchment paper (Glad Bake in Australia) .Using a dry iron on the cotton setting you hover the iron over the parchment paper making sure the iron does not come in contact with the Tyvek embroidery.
Keep an eye on it because it will shrink very quickly.
You will be able to see what is happening through the parchment paper.
This is how mine ended up.
This is another sample but in different colours ----------
and the end result is here
These samples measure 6 x 4 inches
14 comments:
Wonderful samples Doreen, love the colours in the first one. In FAF our challenge for March is Tyvek - so a very handy blog read, thank you, I know what to do now :)Funny thing is I subscribe to this mag but very rarely get around to making anything from it (Wild Women excepted). What motivates you to follow one of the articles?
These are great. Love the colors you used and the stitching adds so much.
Will be doing something next month with tyvek for FAF.
Very nice samples! And I enjoyed the before and after pictures. Thanks for sharing!
this looks like fun! I love the colors in the first piece.
These are great Doreen. Interesting with the hand stitching. Different effect to machine stitching which I've used.
Love these samples Doreen. The effect of "after" looks great!! I get this mag too - will have to search out this article.
I've been hearing about Tyvek, too. Thank you for showing the before and after photos. I love the colors in the first one, and I think it's interesting how each piece changes so dramatically when heated.
Thanks for sharing these samples Doreen.
You always inspire me to try new things!
Am going to play with the tyvek you sent me this weekend.
Now am so curiious to know what you are going to do next with these two pieces? Love the looks, going to have to try it. thanks for sharing your technique with us...
I will be mailing out your ATC for our trade tomorrow... I hope you enjoy it....
Thanks again for willing to trade with a newby...
These are really great! What a nifty idea!
Oh, thank you for the ideas of how to handle tyvek ! it's exactly what I needed to know now!your work is awesome !!!!
These samples are great. Isnt't difficult to judge the shrinkage. I jsut love tyvek for that surprise Anna
Thanks for sharing this Doreen! I have seen now on so many blogs about tyvek. I bought me som tyvek for a years ago, and I didn´t try it yet. But now! I got inspiration!
Just saw the card you sent to Terri and followed her link back here. Fabulous samples :)
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