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Voile as baby mobile shapes? Sarah Dale 05-07-2008
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Posted by Sarah Dale on May 7, 2008, 6:13 pm
Hi All,

I have a project in mind. We're getting ready to shift DD (now 2.3) into
a new bedroom, and I've bought some really pretty printed voile
(polyester I think) to make the equivalent of net curtains - it will cut
the glare in what is a sunny room, and gives some privacy without
cutting light.

Anyhow, it's mostly white, and printed with butterflys. I bought an
extra 0.5m thinking that I could cut out the butterflys, and (a) stick
some on the wall and (b) turn some into a mobile for her.

Now comes the question - I need to stiffen the fabric to use it for
shapes in a mobile - preferably without affecting the see-throughness
(it's either that or I'm going to have to pray these beasts are
symmetrical and stick 2 back to back) - so what do you all suggest /
recommend to turn floppy voile into something stiff enough to form part
of a mobile?

I saw some new to me interfacing in the shop where I got the voile - on
the roll - one roll labelled as 'stretch' interfacing and the other as
'lace' interfacing - would one of these work? (both looked net like) I'm
pondering whether something like clear sticky back plastic would do the
trick, or maybe even a laminating machine...

TIA,

Sarah

Posted by Sharon Hays on May 8, 2008, 11:06 am
Sarah Dale wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a project in mind. We're getting ready to shift DD (now 2.3) into
> a new bedroom, and I've bought some really pretty printed voile
> (polyester I think) to make the equivalent of net curtains - it will cut
> the glare in what is a sunny room, and gives some privacy without
> cutting light.
>
> Anyhow, it's mostly white, and printed with butterflys. I bought an
> extra 0.5m thinking that I could cut out the butterflys, and (a) stick
> some on the wall and (b) turn some into a mobile for her.
>
> Now comes the question - I need to stiffen the fabric to use it for
> shapes in a mobile - preferably without affecting the see-throughness
> (it's either that or I'm going to have to pray these beasts are
> symmetrical and stick 2 back to back) - so what do you all suggest /
> recommend to turn floppy voile into something stiff enough to form part
> of a mobile?
>
> I saw some new to me interfacing in the shop where I got the voile - on
> the roll - one roll labelled as 'stretch' interfacing and the other as
> 'lace' interfacing - would one of these work? (both looked net like) I'm
> pondering whether something like clear sticky back plastic would do the
> trick, or maybe even a laminating machine...
>
> TIA,
>
> Sarah


I've used this stuff before:
http://www.plaidonline.com/productDetail.asp?itemID=1550

It works very well and would do what you want to do. It dries clear. You
just brush it on the fabric, and let it dry. How I would handle what you
want to do is poke a hole in the butterfly for where the mobile cord will
go later. Then brush both sides with the Stiffy. Then I'd use a big safety
pin to pin the butterflies, through the hole for the cord, to a wire
hanger. Then hang to dry. That's just thinking off the top of my head.

HTH

Sharon
--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.

Posted by Pogonip on May 8, 2008, 2:38 pm
Sharon Hays wrote:
> Sarah Dale wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a project in mind. We're getting ready to shift DD (now 2.3) into
>> a new bedroom, and I've bought some really pretty printed voile
>> (polyester I think) to make the equivalent of net curtains - it will cut
>> the glare in what is a sunny room, and gives some privacy without
>> cutting light.
>>
>> Anyhow, it's mostly white, and printed with butterflys. I bought an
>> extra 0.5m thinking that I could cut out the butterflys, and (a) stick
>> some on the wall and (b) turn some into a mobile for her.
>>
>> Now comes the question - I need to stiffen the fabric to use it for
>> shapes in a mobile - preferably without affecting the see-throughness
>> (it's either that or I'm going to have to pray these beasts are
>> symmetrical and stick 2 back to back) - so what do you all suggest /
>> recommend to turn floppy voile into something stiff enough to form part
>> of a mobile?
>>
>> I saw some new to me interfacing in the shop where I got the voile - on
>> the roll - one roll labelled as 'stretch' interfacing and the other as
>> 'lace' interfacing - would one of these work? (both looked net like) I'm
>> pondering whether something like clear sticky back plastic would do the
>> trick, or maybe even a laminating machine...
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Sarah
>
>
> I've used this stuff before:
> http://www.plaidonline.com/productDetail.asp?itemID=1550
>
> It works very well and would do what you want to do. It dries clear. You
> just brush it on the fabric, and let it dry. How I would handle what you
> want to do is poke a hole in the butterfly for where the mobile cord will
> go later. Then brush both sides with the Stiffy. Then I'd use a big safety
> pin to pin the butterflies, through the hole for the cord, to a wire
> hanger. Then hang to dry. That's just thinking off the top of my head.
>
> HTH
>
> Sharon

Something else to try is Elmer's white glue, the kind used in school. I
have put it on things like paper that I wanted to preserve. You paint
it on evenly, let it dry thoroughly, and you can actually wipe it clean
with a damp cloth after that. Cheap, but very effective.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by BEI Design on May 8, 2008, 3:03 pm


Pogonip wrote:
> Sharon Hays wrote:
> > Sarah Dale wrote:
<snip>
> > I've used this stuff before:
> > http://www.plaidonline.com/productDetail.asp?itemID=1550
> >
> > It works very well and would do what you want to do. It
> > dries clear. You just brush it on the fabric, and
> > let it dry. How I would handle what you want to do is
> > poke a hole in the butterfly for where the mobile cord
> > will go later. Then brush both sides with the Stiffy.
> > Then I'd use a big safety pin to pin the butterflies,
> > through the hole for the cord, to a wire hanger. Then
> > hang to dry. That's just thinking off the top of my
> > head. HTH
> >
> > Sharon
>
> Something else to try is Elmer's white glue, the kind
> used in school. I have put it on things like paper that
> I wanted to preserve. You paint it on evenly, let it dry
> thoroughly, and you can actually
> wipe it clean with a damp cloth after that. Cheap, but
> very effective.

I think the glue would work well for this application as
well. I was going to suggest heavy-duty spray or undiluted
starch.

Beverly



Posted by Sarah Dale on May 8, 2008, 5:59 pm
BEI Design wrote:

> I think the glue would work well for this application as
> well. I was going to suggest heavy-duty spray or undiluted
> starch.

Beverly,

I had thought about starch, I do actually (somewhat amazingly as I am
the queen of quick laundry!) have some starch in the house. I wasn't
sure whether or not it would make the voile stiff enough.

I can see I shall have to have a test session next time I have some free
time to experiment with Elmers and starch to see which works best, and
at what dilution. It could be a project that DD 'helps' me with! She
loves gluing (I don't love what it does to the working area, but she has
such fun).

Thanks for your thoughts. I shall let the group know how the testing went.

Sarah

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