This week you'll see Linda Lee from the Sewing Workshop stitch something to make winter more fun. In the second half Rebecca Kemp Brent turns her travel memories in a charming tuffet, embellished with top-stitching.
Imagine making garments and accessories from “house wrap” and packaging envelopes! That's exactly what Linda Lee uses in this episode. Her projects are made from DuPont™ Tyvek®. This material has been around for 50 years. It is commonly known as the specialty fabric used for envelopes and home insulation.
To me this synthetic material appears to be a cross between paper and plastic. Leave it to crafters and sewing enthusiasts to take it out of the realm of industrial uses and get creative with it. After seeing some of Linda's crazy samples with paint and printing I'm definitely going to give this a try! I especially like the fact that it's non-woven and doesn't ravel. Stay tuned! I see myself re-cycling postal envelopes and firing up my Brother ScanNCut to slice up pretty shapes with this unusual fabric.
To me this synthetic material appears to be a cross between paper and plastic. Leave it to crafters and sewing enthusiasts to take it out of the realm of industrial uses and get creative with it. After seeing some of Linda's crazy samples with paint and printing I'm definitely going to give this a try! I especially like the fact that it's non-woven and doesn't ravel. Stay tuned! I see myself re-cycling postal envelopes and firing up my Brother ScanNCut to slice up pretty shapes with this unusual fabric.
In part two of this week's show Rebecca Kemp Brent shows how to make a spectacular footstool with photo printed fabric. I saw this while at the studio and it was rich and beautiful in every way! The photos and view on TV simply do not do this piece justice.
Perhaps you've seen these kits or maybe even made one or more yourself. If so I'd love to know! I remember these being all the rage about 3 years ago. If you CLICK HERE you'll see Rebecca's customary detailed instructions with a link to purchasing information. Even if a tuffet isn't in your future I would watch this segment with a notepad as Rebecca provides one great tip after another, many of which you can apply to a whole lot of other projects.
Ready to go and watch the show? CLICK HERE. This show currently airs until noon EST, December 22. Enjoy!
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