Tyvek Embellishments

 

Learn how you can recycle Tyvek into intriguing embellishments for your stitched textiles. Linda will demonstrate how to manipulate the surface with cutting and heat before showing you how she’s applied the embellishments in combination with stitch and beading.

** Please ensure you work safely at all times and ensure you have adequate ventilation when using heat tools.**

Approximate run time: 18 minutes

Presenter: Linda Kemshall

Learn how you can recycle Tyvek into intriguing embellishments for your stitched textiles. Linda will demonstrate how to manipulate the surface with cutting and heat before showing you how she’s applied the embellishments in combination with stitch and beading.
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You'll need:

To work along with Linda you’ll need:

  • Tyvek sheets / envelopes / packaging
  • Jacquard Lumiere fabric paints
  • Heat Tool
  • Iron
  • Baking Parchment
  • Scissors
To make an embellished box like Linda’s you will also need;
  • An empty, circular box
  • Pieces of manipulated Tyvek
  • Embroidery threads
  • Small beads
  • Cereal box weight card
  • Felt
  • Double sided sticky tape
  • Sewing kit

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Whether you have some sheets from a craft supplier, or packaging from the post, Tyvek is a great material for making beads to embellish your projects. Linda demonstrates the basic technique and how to make more elaborate versions with wire and seedbeads.
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Whether you have some sheets from a craft supplier, or packaging from the post, Tyvek is a great material for making beads to embellish your projects. Linda demonstrates the basic technique and how to make more elaborate versions with wire and seedbeads.

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