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| Lisa Sorrell (Sorrell)
New member Username: Sorrell Post Number: 162 Registered: 1-2004 |
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| Lisa Sorrell (Sorrell)
New member Username: Sorrell Post Number: 163 Registered: 1-2004 |
I wanted to make the leaves and flowers "puffy", or kind of three-dimensional. I went to Wal-Mart and bought some cosmetic pads for applying make-up. The ones for the flowers were round and happened to be exactly the right size. The ones I used for the leaves were rectangular and I cut them to size. The pads were about 1/4" tall and I was having problems with getting the edges of the flowers and leaves to stay stuck to the tops. So I cut off the edges at an angle with scissors. Basically, I just skived the edges of the pads. Reducing the edges helped the flowers and leaves stay stuck to the tops. Then I stitched them. It wasn't any harder stitching through the pads. The main thing I'd do differently if I did it again is not stitch that criss-cross design in the center of the flowers. The flower center puffed out really nice before I stitched that design. Lisa | ||
| Mark C. Candela (Mark_candela)
New member Username: Mark_candela Post Number: 21 Registered: 5-2006 |
Lisa, Thanks for the quick "Puff" lesson. I really like the dimensionality and texture that it gives to the design. I'm a big fan. If you don't mind. What weight leather did you use? It would seem that it would need to be somewhat soft and thin to allow the pads to puff it out. Also what type of adhesive did you use to hold the flowers down before you stitched? Thanks, Mark C. | ||
| Lisa Sorrell (Sorrell)
New member Username: Sorrell Post Number: 164 Registered: 1-2004 |
Mark, The tops, design and all, are Italian-tanned kangaroo from Hardtke. It is a very light-weight leather. I just used rubber cement to hold it all together. I put cement on the backs of the pads and on the tops, then put the pads in place on the tops. I cemented the backs of the flowers and the top of the pads. Then I laid the flowers over the pads and pressed them down around the edges. Laying the olive green leaf part on was a little more difficult because it's all one big piece. Putting it all together correctly and getting it all to stick in place was the hard part. It stitched up fairly quickly and easily. I was worried about that because I didn't know if my machine would like stitching through those pads, but it wasn't a problem. Lisa | ||
| Mark W. Fletcher (Bronbo)
New member Username: Bronbo Post Number: 520 Registered: 1-2004 |
Lisa, Thanks so much in going into detail, it probably has encouraged someone else to give it a try. Mark F | ||
| Mark C. Candela (Mark_candela)
New member Username: Mark_candela Post Number: 22 Registered: 5-2006 |
Hey Lisa, Thanks for the details. I'm going to give it a try this week end on some trial pieces to see if I can pull it off. Again great job and thanks for the instruction. Mark C. | ||
| Lisa Sorrell (Sorrell)
New member Username: Sorrell Post Number: 167 Registered: 1-2004 |
Mark, Well, I'm hardly the expert on puffy flowers, but feel free to post, call or email me if you have a question you think I can answer. You'll have fun trying this! Lisa |