Now what can I do? :| I held it up and it will never lay nicely flat there. I tried pulling it flat from the back--no luck. It didn't wrinkle under the other two pieces... just the dark one. Waaaaahhhh!

Could you try re-ironing it and lifting it while its still warm?

Just went over for a look and it doesn't really show on the pic. That's suede right? Well bearing in mind that I have zero experience of working with suede (!) could you sweep the mane out of the way, lay a damp cloth over it and press very gently with an iron? Or would that flatten the pile? I'm sorry - it's a pain...

k3n--it's not that one...it's the next one.

Reheat--huh... maybe that would work...

OK! So I had my nose pressed to the screen peering at those horses for nothing! :lol: Oh well, I got a real good look at them! Love the thread in the buttons BTW! :mrgreen:

Just call it texturized.

Did the pics disappear?

Maybe dampen the backing/batting behind it and steam it loose and move it? But your stitching could end up buckling it back in place...you may have to redo it also....

I didn't put up pics....

And-there are no stitches in it yet--it's just ironed and stuck. I'm going to try your ideas! I'll let you know what happens.

I must confess... after getting the first one so far, I had a moment of bold confidence, so went in and placed the next heads and chests and ironed those babies tight! THEN, I remembered I needed to have the fringe (manes) UNDER the parts BEFORE ironing them. So--I scratched them up just half an inch in order to get the manes under, then reironed. It worked. Now this! I need a tearing out hair smiley!

Ugh. I have the Splash of Fall project started--maybe I should switch to that!

Lay the top onto a towel, that will help keep the nap nice... I just noticed the pic I was looking at was the one from the magazine... so disregard what I wrote about the stitches...
If after steaming, sometimes the adhesive doesn't want to stick again... just slip a little piece back under that area, press, remove the paper and press again :wink: tweezers help here :D:D:D

IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
Okay--this will crack you up.

I placed a dish towel under the horse head. I steamed it and gently pulled the horse up. It worked! I kept steaming and pulling until the whole thing was off! The eye, nostril and mane stayed in place on the head!

Then I covered the wrinkled spot with a damp towel and steamed it smooth. (thank goodness for steam!) Then I turned the wall hanging sideways to get it back into position. After trimming the bottom from being stretched out, I covered it all with a damp towel and pressed it back on. I peeked and was so pleased to see the horse/suede was laying flat! When I went to pick the wall hanging up--I nearly died--the horse was on upside down!! :shock: :| :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:
So--once again, up it came. All I can do is laugh at this point--I should have taken a picture. Not too attractive, but maybe it would have won a prize for modern art--title: dizzy horse. :lol: I had to steam the spot again--with yet another dish towel--so I wouldn't get anything stuck to it. Parts didn't stick, so I got some extra pieces of the wonder under without the paper and tucked it under the muzzle, ears, and sides and pressed again. And... drum roll... it's fine. I cannot believe it. It looked pretty bumpy when I first took it off.... I wa sure I'd have to make another. I'm going to go look at it again to make sure nothing has happened.

Group hug of appreciation! You gals always rescue me!!! :-D

LOL

ha, ha!! upside down. girl you had me laughing out loud in my office. i do hope it's gone better since that posting. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

lol...No, call it Crazy Horse...

lol glad it worked.

OMG!!! Thank you for the entertainment!!!! :lol: I'm glad I'm not the only one that does things to laugh at. Sometimes you just wonder.

Oh man....thank goodness..there for a little while, I thought you were Perfect!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

sandpat--I am more than happy to pop that bubble!! :lol:

sewcrafty--you're very welcome. :lol:

If I didn't have a brain scan last year, I'd be calling the doctor for one. :wink:

Now I can't wait to see a picture! Glad you were able to rescue that horse!

Way to go all!

Karla...I'm glad you got it squared away. I got rescued from the dreaded "wrinkles" too. Had a piece that did the same thing, asked on the board and voila! It worked!
Can't wait to see the entire piece all done!

where is it posted?

i didn't see any pictures. where were they?

WooHoo!!! I am so happy to hear that it all worked out :D:D:D

I haven't posted this top yet--but it looks the same as the one I posted in Pictures--it's titled Neigh, Nicker, Whinny. :lol:

I did a search on this board for it and that is really cute!!! :thumbup:

using the suede must really give it additional dimension and realism. i don't know if i would have thought of that. is this for you or for selling? did you mention the size?

That is so funny, I would be laughing to. Penny

So glad you got it sorted K!

The directions said to use the suede--I never would have thought of that. Or fringe. I'll admit I can pick colors for stuff--but there's no creativity here on my part--I just followed the directions. Well, :oops: if I didn't, it was an error. :oops:

Size? I'll have to measure. It's, um, wider than it's supposed to be due to creative corrections. :roll: It's a wall hanging--40 some by 30 some.

I saw what you are making on your other post. This is adorable. So glad that the other girls helped you save your project. So, so cute!