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Voile as baby mobile shapes? Sarah Dale 05-07-2008
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Posted by Sarah Dale on May 8, 2008, 6:03 pm
Pogonip wrote:

> 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.

Hi Joanne,

Thanks for the heads up - I have some UK equivalent to Elmers - or
rather DD has a huge pot of it. It hadn't occurred to me that that would
do the trick, but you are right - is does dry clear.

I'm impressed that it gives a wipe clean effect! With a toddler in the
house, things that wipe clean are very important......

I shall get myself some test material, and 30 minutes peace and quiet
(ha!) and get experimenting soon!

Many thanks

Sarah

Posted by Pogonip on May 9, 2008, 3:42 am
Sarah Dale wrote:
> Pogonip wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Hi Joanne,
>
> Thanks for the heads up - I have some UK equivalent to Elmers - or
> rather DD has a huge pot of it. It hadn't occurred to me that that would
> do the trick, but you are right - is does dry clear.
>
> I'm impressed that it gives a wipe clean effect! With a toddler in the
> house, things that wipe clean are very important......
>
> I shall get myself some test material, and 30 minutes peace and quiet
> (ha!) and get experimenting soon!
>
> Many thanks
>
> Sarah

Best of luck with it. It's really a wonder product, with all kinds of
applications. I hope you have fun exploring some of them!

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/210688/unique_uses_for_elmers_glue.html?cat=6
http://www.elmers.com/
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by Sarah Dale on May 8, 2008, 5:54 pm
Sharon Hays wrote:
> Sarah Dale wrote:
<snip>

>> Now comes the question - I need to stiffen the fabric to use it for
>> shapes in a mobile - preferably without affecting the see-throughness

<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.

Sharon,

You are a star! That looks like just the thing. I've just done a bit of
research on UK sources and come up with one. I've also found a different
manufacturers version of the same thing, and there's at least one UK
source of that as well.

I shall check out the local craft / sewing stores and see what I can
turn up. In researching tonight, it appears that me trying just plain
old "white" or "Elmers" glue might be worth a try. DD has a huge pot of
that, so on some of the excess white material, I shall test that out.
It's not as if I need it the butterflies to be waterproof or child proof
after all....

I like your idea for pre-piercing the pieces and how to dry them - very
sensible and practical - I'm so thankful - I have very little brain left
at the moment (gestating #2....)!

Many many thanks

Sarah

Posted by Sharon Hays on May 10, 2008, 6:11 pm
Sarah Dale wrote:

> Sharon Hays wrote:
>> Sarah Dale wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>> Now comes the question - I need to stiffen the fabric to use it for
>>> shapes in a mobile - preferably without affecting the see-throughness
>
> <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.
>
> Sharon,
>
> You are a star! That looks like just the thing. I've just done a bit of
> research on UK sources and come up with one. I've also found a different
> manufacturers version of the same thing, and there's at least one UK
> source of that as well.
>
> I shall check out the local craft / sewing stores and see what I can
> turn up. In researching tonight, it appears that me trying just plain
> old "white" or "Elmers" glue might be worth a try. DD has a huge pot of
> that, so on some of the excess white material, I shall test that out.
> It's not as if I need it the butterflies to be waterproof or child proof
> after all....
>
> I like your idea for pre-piercing the pieces and how to dry them - very
> sensible and practical - I'm so thankful - I have very little brain left
> at the moment (gestating #2....)!
>
> Many many thanks
>
> Sarah


Glad to help!! Let us know what you end up doing and let us know if your
little helper gets to help too. ;) (good luck with that one!! Maybe it
could be an "outside" project??)

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

Posted by Sarah Dale on June 7, 2008, 5:50 pm
Sarah Dale wrote:

> 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.

Well, having just straightened the fabric (*shudder* it wriggled worse
than DD having her toenails cut this morning!), and cut out the length
needed for the sheer curtain, without cutting any butterflies in half, I
found myself with 19 butterflies total of four different designs.

Further to the suggestions received, I have just painted one piece of
test fabric (some of the white off-cuts!) with starch, and one piece of
test fabric with elmers white glue - having carefully labelled each test
piece before hand, and making sure I got the elmers on the piece of
fabric marked 'elmers'......

I'll let you know which works best of the two tests - the starch was
certainly the nicest to apply.

The bad news is that the butterflies have an obvious 'side' and are not
quite symmetrical, and a right pain to cut out!

I'm now pondering how many to suspend from the mobile, and how many to
stick on the wall as part of the mural I have planned in my mind but yet
to paint.....

Sarah

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