The beauty of this Monarch Butterfly Collage wall-hanging created by Creative Troupe Member Heidi Rand is the combination of silk and Ultra-Light Lutradur® and how they convey the rugged delicateness of the subject itself. If you haven’t worked with Lutradur this project is sure to please. Pick an image, Find some scraps of gauzy or silk fabric, and have fun with this new product!
Monarch Butterfly Collage Wall-Hanging Project
Designed by Heidi Rand
Materials:
- Ultra-light Lutradur® – letter size
- Liquitex® Matte Medium
- Foam paintbrush
- Ink jet printer
- Fabric – gauzy, silky
- Sewing machine
- Copy paper
- Tape
- heat tool
Instructions:
- Apply 2 coats of Liquitex Matte Medium with a foam brush to one side of the Ultra-light Lutradur. Allow to dry thoroughly between coats.
- Tape coated Lutradur to copy paper for a backing to get it through printer.
- Print your chosen image onto Lutradur using ink jet printer. Remove tape and paper backing.
- Using a heat tool, curl and melt edges of the Lutradur. Hold heat tool a few inches from the edge of the Lutradur. Melting will occur quickly, so move tool in slowly to avoid over-melting. Do this in well-ventilated area, or use protective mask.
- Cut your fabric backing to desired size larger than Lutadur.
- Free motion stitch around the design or at random, stitching Lutradur to the fabric backing.
- Stitch around fabric backing, to prevent fraying.
- To hang: Cut fabric tabs for hanging apparatus, loop over and stitch to top of fabric backing. Cut or break twig to size, place through loops to hang. Experiment with hanging in window to emphasize translucence of Lutradur.
- If darker image is desired, paint back of Lutradur with white Liquitex acrylic paint before applying matte medium or use lighter fabric backing.
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11 Comments
Wow, cruising my facebook wall, and look what I found! Thanks for putting this up — I love lutradur, so glad that C&T is making it easily available.
Wow, cruising my facebook wall, and look what I found! Thanks for putting this up — I love lutradur, so glad that C&T is making it easily avai
You cannot beat Mother Nature
This piece is so inspiring and beautiful
Thank you for sharing the how to!
Heidi, congratulations on the feature! It's always been touch and go for me to print on fabric with my inkjet, the colors from your photo turned out so bright and clear! Great piece, especially on silk, a very temperamental fabric for me.
Heidi, congratulations on the feature! It's always been touch and go for me to print on fabric with my inkjet, the colors from your photo turned out so bright and clear! Great piece, especially on silk, a very temperamental fabric fo
Beautiful project and I have seen that in the store.
There are so many products out now, need to take the time to see what each one does, so I can decide which ones work best for me.
Debbie
That's so cool, something I will have to investigate for sure.
That's so cool, something I will have to investigate for
I am unfamiliar with Lutradur. I live in a small town, with no fabric/quilt stores. The next time I am in the big city, I will look for this product.
Thank you for sharing,
Debbie
Congrats! Looks beautiful & fun to try one of these days
Congrats! Looks beautiful & fun to try one of thes