Is this OT??

Wish me luck, guys.... please. I've been messing around with paint and stuff on fabric and got curious about this stuff called Lutradur (google it and you'll get a bazillion hits) and bought some and started playing with it. It's sort of like the stuff you put down to keep weeds out of your back yard. The gray, slick stuff, not the black fabricky stuff.

So I traced a butterfly and painted it and darned if it didn't look pretty real, like one you've put in a book or something to make it flat and save it. I took it to our LQS where they thought I was nuts for asking them to get the Lutradur in and they went a bit overboard liking it. So I'm teaching a "Ladies Night Out" in a couple weeks, showing people how to make butterflies. It's not an automatic process. Sometimes the paint runs and it looks bad. Sometimes it just doesn't look real. You have to put on layers of paint and wash it off and ...... fiddle with it. But I said yes, because I jump before I look or think and there it is.

The stuff is cool. I'm making a little journal with a Lutradur cover. You have to mess with it a bit to get the feel for what it can do. No, it's not as cool as fabric, but you can melt it into a goopy mess with a heat gun so it's great for the yuck factor.

I'm not sure this is going to work. I'm not scared to speak to a group. I've done that lots and lots. Many groups, many people, some of them "important" types. Yeah. The part I'm worried about is getting this process down pat enough that it will work when I teach these ladies how to. I'm thinking right now that I'm going to encourage them to do a "Fantasy" butterfly with pretty colors and glitter and the like. Much less stressful than trying to match the orange of a Monarch.

I can use all the good vibes and good wishes you got. I would ask for prayers, but there are so many serious and scary things in my life right now that need prayers that I would feel like a superficial jerk asking anybody to pray over my Lutradur and paint experiments. LOL But good thoughts and advice .... these I will request in boatloads.

Oh, for the record, when you get ready to paint this stuff, put a clean piece of muslin under it. The paint goes through and you end up with the prettiest piece of "hand dyed" fabric you've ever seen.

Sunny

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Sunny
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Sounds like its On Topic to me. Fabric and dyeing and painting. Yep its on topic. Good luck with the 'Ladies Night Out'. Wish I was close enough to be there too.

Heather in West Oz

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Heather in WestOz

Sunny, there has been a bit of discussion on the E-Quilts fabric forum about Lutradur. Seems there is actually a book out just on Lutradur, and Dana (moderator of the group) has been trying different stuff and posting about it, with pictures. You might want to check it out. If you don't overheat it, it evidently can get "lacey" instead of gloppy.

Sounds fascinating, but I am *not* going to even start playing with it. Have way too many other things to do.

Have fun, Pati, > Wish me luck, guys.... please. I've been messing around with paint and

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Pati, in Phx

you've got my good vibes and wishes - be sure to show us pics of your work!

Musicmaker

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Musicmaker

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Taria

Sounds like fun stuff! Do you have some pictures? And best of luck with your course - your idea of a fantasy butterfly is a good one to get everyone playing with the materials and having fun. Allison

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