~ birds in a nest tutorial ~

hello all my bloggy friends!

thanks to you........I have

been busy, busy, busy.....:)

.....sewing for the linen shoppe!

I want to say a big thank you

for all your super sweet & supportive

comments!!

I feel like I have a huge support team....

and I do!!

I thought you might enjoy a little tutorial

on how I do some of the work.....

First of all ~ I cannot believe all the

different methods available

for ink transfers!!

I've tried several and I like this

method although it's not always

perfectly easy.....let's just say......

 in this tutorial I'll show you

how to put the image on a piece of fabric

for.....you guessed it ~ a pillow!

the first thing you need is your fabric

already cut to size..

I'm using a natural linen for this pillow~

next you need an image, any kind of

image will work,  anything that can be printed!

NOTE:  the image has to be printed on a laser

 printer.....not on a home inkjet-

the inkjet will not work.

next you flip it over so the image is facing

the fabric & tape it where you want it

keeping the image in one place is really

important because if it slides around,

your picture will be blurry!

on this one, I'm going to use

the Citra-Solv method

I forgot to tell you ~ you need a paint brush!

now grab said brush and brush the citra-solv

onto the paper where the image is

now pay no attention to the ugly thumb

in the picture....sheesh....little scar, a few wrinkles...

shoulda been a hand model!

ok where was I?

yes.....painting the stuff on the image....

keep going until it's all covered....

like so....

now for the muscles....

take something hard & round ~ like an old

doorknob....;)  or a spoon or something like that!

and burnish it....

that just means rubbing it really hard, but

not so hard as to tear the paper.

make sure you burnish the whole image,

without missing anything.....

I've done that plenty....and if you miss

something & take the paper off....you are out of luck!

it's impossible to retape the image

without smearing it.....unfortunately.....

so carefully peel off the paper and

like magic.....your image!!

then you can use it for all kinds of

projects.....are the wheels turning yet??

I used it for this little guy....

which is available in the shoppe....

over on my sidebar....

I just finished this little guy here ~

really simple, but I love the graphic

it's available in the shoppe as well :)

Gotta get back to work!

{btw...80 and sunny,

mid 90's by Friday....

...lovely!}

Enjoy the rest of your week!

xo,

Shellagh