A lot of hot air!

Says it all, really...

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Kate XXXXXX
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Pogonip

Um... Yes, in a way, though I have made a tarp Land Rover cover, helped alter a soft top for a kit car, made spray decks for kayaks, and sewn a fair bit of tent stuff (new fly sheet, replaced windows and mozzi nets, replaced zips and the like) and other odd things. It's nice to get real dosh for the odd projects! :D

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Kate XXXXXX

Good job! Those are just darling. ;) Very fun. Has James asked for one yet?? A few years ago, I bet he'd have loved one for his lego men to fly in. ;)

Sharon

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mamahays

How cool is that! Kate, you're one amazing gal. Perhaps one day you'll make a full size one LOL

Thanks for sharing the pics!

-Irene

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IMS

He did suggest putting Warhammer blokes or 'random aliens' in the baskets! :D Barry from Scipac just laughed.

Hm... I wonder what the Warhammer rules are for hot air balloons?

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Kate XXXXXX

Not sure I have room for that much hot air here! ;)

You're welcome!

Hehehe... My sewing CV just gets more weird!

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Kate XXXXXX

NIFTY!

A thought about stencils - I recently got really good results with using freezer paper (not sure what it's called over there - it looks like plain white paper but it's plastic-coated on one side).

You make the stencil out of it, and then you iron it down to your fabric. (Not sure if it would work on a low enough temp for you rip-stop though) The stuff sticks pretty well as long as you're reasonably gentle with it. Since it's adhered to the fabric you don't get paint spread or bleed, and once the paint is dry the paper peels right off leaving a nice clean-edged image!

You can get fairly complex designs done rather neatly with this technique. I did the banner for my new band "Merry Measure" in the Papyrus font (printed it out the size I wanted and then taped the printout to the uncoated side of the freezer-paper) on some stash linen-blend with regular black enamel spraypaint. It was what I had and I was in a hurry. I plan to do some embellishment with a gold paint marker this week and will post pix once it's done.

If you google "freezer paper stencil" you can find a whole bunch of good tutorials on the process.

Wendy Z sig-less in Chicago

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WZ

I've been using freezer paper for small pattern pieces and stencils for several years, since my USA quilting buddies introduced me to it. Magic stuff! Unfortunately tests showed that the melting point of the rip-stop was lower than that of the plastic backing on the paper!

My fall-back option was spray baste, but that lifted during painting because of the coating on the rip-stop! GRR! ARGH!

What I REALLY wanted to do was screen print it, but the hassle of getting the right grade of mesh and making up the frames and the screen stencils for one small job... Oh, well! I have a reasonably steady hand and painting worked!

Car paint? It does have the advantage of sticking to ANYTHING! :D

I recently did a large banner for James's scout troop using freezer paper for the stencils. Again, with that, I'd rather have screen printed, but... I love the photographic method of making screen prints, as you can get fantastic fine details and do different colours, but it's a bugger to clean off the screens later! For little quick jobs on reasonable fabric, freezer paper is a good option, though cutting the stencils can be wearing!

I used the fabric paints for the banner, and had to do white under the red for the red to show on the black background!

I do love the ingenious uses to which folk have put this stuff! I also have a roll of Glad Press'n Seal to play with, courtesy of another quilty buddy!

Oh, the joys of multi-media graphic art! :D

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Kate XXXXXX

Contact shelf paper (the self-adhesive) kind works great for stencils. Not only does it stick well, the back is printed with a grid so you can lay out your design easily. I've used it to paint things on T-shirts, tote bags, etc. You just have to remember to reverse the image or lettering.

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Alice

Sharon

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Seeker

I can't tap dance on jelly... ;)

Thanks. They were fun. They are off to San Diego this week...

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Kate XXXXXX

Love them! And the basket looks totally authentic! Emily

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CypSew

Oh my, I just acquired several yards of the self-adhesive contact paper and wondered what I could do with it. Emily

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CypSew

Balsa wood and dressmaker's pins! :D

Thanks. It was a fun project.

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Kate XXXXXX

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