Quiltingboard Forums - My First Quilt

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Originally Posted by quilter1962

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Originally Posted by rdem

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Originally Posted by SulaBug

Very lovely!! :D Was it easy to
hammer the real flowers onto
your fabric? It turned out just
wonderful!!
:D :D :D :D :D

no. best to do a trial first, using different thicknesses of material. I found that a medium weight white cotton best.
also try different flowers as some are too dry, these don't come through, and some are too juicy, these bleed into material and smudge.
1. a surface you can use a hammer on
2. lay a peice of (white) material on surface, to blot any excess dye
3. lay another peice of white material on top of the first peice of material, to print on
4. place flower you wish to print on top of all that and another peice of material over all of that and start hammering firm but gently
Do 1 flower at a time. We did this when we were kids hope you like it.

Rdem

I just attended a small workshop on how to do this technique, I am looking at making myself an apron. We were told to treat the fabric first with Alum & Soda Crystals then once dry tape the flowers in place with masking tape before hammering & hey presto the image is transferred.
Apparently there is a list of other flowers that work just as well as pansies.

BTW I have to say I love both of your quilts :wink:

Tisha

Tisha, how interesting, i did this from memory, we did this as kids and i had to trail and error from memory also. I am not familliar with alum and soda crystals, do they set the dye from the flowers on the fabric?/ or what is the purpose of using this. Taping would be a good idea too, save the flowers moving. :!: :)