I like your idea of having the muslin base but honestly, I really like the look of scrunching up the paper again & again to soften it ( w/ cream, oil, etc) and just make it more interesting. Thank you for sharing. 🥰
Hi Alison, could you use gel prints instead of wrapping paper and serviettes ? I’m going to try baking paper and vintage patterns great to cover or tone down vibrant colours.
I LOVE your cards, but again ,one needs a sewing machine.😢 Do you only do this as a hobby and not sell your work? Im hopeless at using a machine even if l got one.l always got in trouble at school in England, our sewing teacher was called Mrs Bonnet and by mistake l always called her Mrs Bobbin!!!😆
@@giuliettawebber6772 it is mostly a hobby but I do teach the odd students in my garden studio. And I belong to a group and we exhibit when we can get a nice affordable venue. Plus I open my studio every year for 2 weekends in July. I mostly use a sewing machine as you can see from the videos but I also do hand sewing on some things. 🤩
Thnku.l loved this.l had a shop in ltaly for 30 yrs and made alot of crafts.l would love to try this but dont have a sewing machine, wondering if glue could do the ribbon edging?
@@rachelfriedman3609 hi Rachel thank you for your kind words. The fabric is called Solufleece and I got it from Empress Mills in Wales 🤩 you can buy it by the meter or a whole roll of it. It’s not expensive. Hope this helps
thank you so much for responding! It does help! I've done my Amazon order to get the PVA glue to start right away! I was looking at the wallpaper liners, and there's so many different thicknesses. I imagine that getting one that is in between thin and middle thickness is the best. @@tebbitttextiles2849
Hello I am so glad i came acrossed your channel, i subscribed and shared thank you so much for sharing. Your instructions were very clear and easy and i am definitely going to make this ❤❤❤❤❤
Wow! That was awesome. I couldn’t do that because I have no patience. But I loved watching your process. Thanks so much for sharing. A d I’ve bee watching other videos on making fabric paper, some of them put 5 or more layers!
Que de bonnes idées ! Merci pour toutes ces explications très claires. J'ai le nez collé à l'écran pour être sûre de ne rien rater ! Cela me donne envie de mettre en scène mes souvenirs de voyage.
Bonjour Christine, Je suis tellement contente que soyez revenue sur votre chaîne ! Vos ouvrages sortent de l'ordinaire, les explications sont claires. J'ai fait des carnets avec des perles, du papier-tissu. J'ai toujours hâte de découvrir vos nouvelles créations et vos techniques. Merci pour tous vos partages !
Hi Christine, I'm a new subbie I love everthing you make, can you tell me how many pages you stick together / do you glue them together before sewing. It would be nice to have a tutorial on how you stitch the pages :)
Hi Linda Glad you like my stuff😃 With the Altered Books the number of pages depends on how thick those pages are. I don’t glue them together just sew them. I use a book awl to make the holes first then use a big needle with decorative threads. I was thinking of doing a follow up with a ‘how to’ video so I will try and get one done. Thanks again for you interest 🤩
For a long time I was struggling with how to strengthen a large (13 x 15 inch) napkin that I wanted to decoupage onto furniture. Unlike with some crafty things when wrinkles are charming, I needed the napkins perfectly flat and smooth like a piece of fabric. I was, essentially, trying to make my own wallpaper, if you will. I tried all sorts of methods and nothing worked because a surface that large and a substance as thin as a top layer of a napkin is going to wrinkle when coming into contact with anything wet. I even tried the ironing between two pieces of cling wrap and no luck. Then I ran across a video that finally solved my problem and it is fusible web, the stuff that delicate fabrics are ironed onto in order to make them easier to handle for sewing. You just peel off the unprinted layer of your napkin, iron the printed top layer, lay it face down on parchment paper then lay the fusible web (glue side down) on the napkin, with another layer of parchment paper over it, and iron. In an instant, your napkin is like fabric! Then you can do whatever, like paint on a gloss medium, paint or stencil over the napkin, whatever your heart desires, and the napkin will not wrinkle up or tear! In your case, the fusible web would replace your muslin. You can get fusible web in different thicknesses to suit what you want. It's a miracle! Dried glue activated by heat.
@@tebbitttextiles2849 You're welcome and I'm excited for you try it. Because I don't sew, I never knew such a thing existed and I'd been thinking "if only there were such a things as dry glue" and lo and behold, there is!
Hello, I am a newbie but have done a lot of reading and watching. This was a great demo and I watched carefully, then went ahead and stuffed it up. maybe I should have left the glued muslin fabric to dry before putting on more glue and laying down the beautiful napkin because as soon as I started glueing, the wet glue started moving the napkin and making holes……boo hoo!
Sorry this happened to your beautiful napkin , they can be very delicate especially if you have separated the layers. I hope you keep trying and don’t let it put you off , maybe try a different napkin perhaps. I know I have some very flimsy ones. If it keeps happening then miss out the top layer of tissue and let the whole piece dry it will be a bit more delicate but will still be ok. Or try putting the glue onto the strips of tissue then lay them onto the napkin. If the tissue is robust enough it should work. Good luck xx
