Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Glitter, glitter

So here is a brief tutorial of glitter usage--it is washable but you have to heat set it and they recommend pre-heating your oven to 250 and turning it off and then putting it in there until it cools down. I haven't quite managed fabric in the oven, so I've used a mid heat iron and a press cloth, but it does flatten it a little, so the oven is next for me.
First: gather supplies. Ultrafine ArtGlitter Institute glitter (bought from www.ltquilts.com or LTQ in the flesh of course!) in the colors of your choice, project to glitter, dries clear fabric glue, and micro tip if you desire fine lines.
Next, if you are still a little scared, draw your design out first, but I prefer to just go for it and let the glue fall where it may.
Then you pour a liberal amount of glitter over the glue. Feel free to dump the whole jar or vial, we'll recover 98% of it (and the rest you can just roll in a little or "douse yourself with a pinch" as they say at the company). Go ahead, dump away....I'll wait....Ooooo, doesn't all that glitter just make you feel better!? I do. If you've had a really bad day, do this before going to the grocery store so you will sparkle publicly.
And finally, shake the excess off your piece onto a piece of paper (the bigger the better, or at least have a couple sheets handy. Shiny paper, magazine style, seems to work a little better. Then fold your paper and return the unused sparkles to their vial or jar to await the next project. And voila! Glittered! unfortunately the sparkliness is hard to capture in a photo and this is a pearlescent glitter so it's not quite as sparkly.
Happy glittering!

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