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Instructions

1. Lightly mist the back side of the velvet. Place the stamp rubber side up on your ironing board.

2. Lay fabric right side down against the stamp image. Press the iron to fabric, hold for 10 to 20 seconds and lift up the iron carefully, being careful not to move the fabric.

3. Cut the fabric to make a 36-inch square. If you want a larger throw, you might need to have a seam down the middle. I have several of these in my own home and they are rich and luscious. You never notice the seam.

4. Emboss the velvet in a random pattern.

5. Cut the lining to make a 36-inch square.

6. Put the right sides together and pin in random spots. Run the 1/4-inch double-sided tape right next to the edge of all four sides, taping the two pieces together.

7. Sew all sides together leaving about 1/8-inch opening to turn the throw right side out. Note: Do not sew through the tape but next to it.

8. Remove all of the tape. Sew up the opening by hand.

9. Pin the fringe around all sides. Baste. Then sew on with a zigzag stitch.

10. Clip all the threads. Wrap yourself up in the throw like a queen!


Acetate-rayon velvet is absolutely the best. Rayon and silk work beautifully but the embossing on them is a lot more subtle and may even disappear over time. Never use nylon. It burns and can come out later. A little trial and error will make you an expert. The biggest tip of all-I am not a perfectionist by any means; however, after buying expensive velvet and taking the time to emboss it, I want my finished sewn projects to be nice. I have basted and pinned--and the fabric still slips and slides. Finally I have the solution: Use Tacky Tape listed in the materials list. Heck fire ladies, it will hold a toupee on!

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misting iron (or a regular iron and a spray bottle with water)

glue or double-sided tape

Instructions

1. Lightly mist the back side of the velvet.

2. Place the stamp image, rubber side up on your ironing board.

3. Lay fabric right side down against the stamp image.

4. Now press the iron to fabric, hold for 10 to 20 seconds and lift up the iron carefully, being careful not to move the fabric. A little trial and error will make you an expert.

For example, you will want to use the part of your iron where there are no steam holes.
If you have a problem with steam holes showing you may want to use a teflon pressing cloth.

Everyone that sees this fabric has to touch it and then wants it for pillows, clothing, drapes, and more. And it does hold up to dry cleaning!

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Hot Potatoes Tile Stamp Kit (contains 5 foam stamps)

(3) coordinating colors of acrylic paint

Instructions

1. Use spackle to cover any logos or rough spots that may be in the cigar box. Allow the putty to dry and sand smooth. Repeat if necessary.

2. Paint your box with a base coat of dark brown or gray. This color will represent your "grout." Work from the center out.

3. Plan your design with the tile stamps so that the design will fit properly in the area you are working on. Always allow about 1/4" between "tile" stampings to show the "grout."

4. Use 3 colors on the tiles for a more textured and realistic look. First, use a foam paintbrush to cover the surface of the tile stamp with one color. Using a stencil brush, stipple the second and third colors onto the surface of the stamp in a random fashion, by putting the stencil brush in your paint and applying it with a straight up and down movement. The second and third colors are accent colors, so they should not completely cover the stamp. This technique is simple, but a small amount of practice is advised.

5. Use the foam tile stamp to imprint the box. Always start in the center and work your way out. Try to use different sizes of stamps. This gives the finished piece a more realistic look.

6. After the entire project is completed, allow the paint to dry. Spray the entire surface with polyurethane to make the "tile" really pop!

NOTE: Don’t scrutinize each time you stamp. The imperfections in this technique are what makes the tiles work.

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Hot Potatoes rubber stamps T425 Mod Blocks, T426 Line Up

1 yard teal Hot Potatoes acetate/rayon velvet ribbon (4" wide)*

Instructions

1. Emboss the velvet. ../velvet/index.htmSee velvet embossing

2. Apply Red Line double-stick tape to the back of the ribbon and the trim. Start in the back of the lampshade where the seam already exists and wrap the ribbon and trim pieces around the lampshade. Overlap the trim to hide the edges of the ribbon.

3. Turn the raw edges of the ribbon under and attach it to the shade with another small piece of Red Line tape to form a neat seam in the back.

4. Turn the light on from time to time to make sure there are no big gaps where the light shines through.

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wine crate

paint

Instructions

1.Acquire wooden wine crate from a liquor store. Fill any holes or imperfections with wood putty. Let dry. Sand and repeat.

2.Paint with a prime coat. Also paint the smaller piece of plywood and include in all steps of this paint step. Allow to dry. Paint with desired color. Let dry. Apply final coat of paint. Also paint the four knobs or finials that will become the legs of your stool. You can make these another color or several colors

3.Stamp the fabric for the top of the tool. Use fabric paint and foam brushes. Allow to completely dry.

4.Place foam on top of larger piece of plywood. Put several layers of batting on top of foam. Stretch fabric over batting and lap it to the under side. Secure with stable gun in the same manner you might stretch a canvas.

5.Glue the cushioned top to the smaller piece of plywood with wood glue. Clamp to dry for several hours.

6.Screw the four finials into the box as legs. Cover screws exposed on the inside of the box with bottle corks

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generic soap without labels or imprint

rubber stamps

Instructions

1. Ink the stamp with permanent dye inkpad and stamp onto tissue paper (figure A). Color the image with colored pencils if desired then spray with a matte varnish and allow to dry.

2. Cut out the image as close to the stamp outline as possible. Position the cut out on the soap as desired and coat very lightly with an acrylic varnish, like Liquitex. This will protect your design from any water later.

3. Heat water to a boil in a double boiler, then reduce the heat to low setting. Break paraffin into small pieces into the top pot of the double boiler. Heat the wax until it melts completely.

4. Put on gloves. Dip the flat brush into the wax and spread the wax over the stamped tissue on the soap (figure B). Seal by coating the stamped image with wax 1/8-inch past the perimeter of the tissue. Use light coats of wax.

5. Package to make a lovely gift.

Tip: If using soap that has an imprint, peel the imprint from the soap with a potato peeler before adding the image. Smooth soap with wet finger to hide peel marks.

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Old cookie tins or candy tins

Instructions

1. Use the top of the tin to measure a circle on the paper. Add about ð" to the overall measure and cut out.

2. Stamp with fun images and use the alphabet to stamp clever messages.

3. Lay this down and cover with contact paper and cut out.

4. Apply glue to the top of the tin lid and adhere the stamped paper to the top.

5. Trim and clip the edges, folding down. Run a bead of glue and stick down the sides.

6. Attach ”" Red line tape to the decorative ribbon and run this around the edge of the tin top to finish off.

7. Cut strips of paper to cover the sides of the tin.

8. Stamp and cover with the contact paper. These can be just like the top or made to co-ordinate.

9. Glue to tin.

10. Fill with cookies or other goodies.

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Hot Potatoes Rubber Stamps:

Instructions

1. Follow the steps in the Skyscraper Box kit and assemble your box. There are extra pieces so if you make a mistake (pretty good chance) you have back up supplies.

2. Stamp your message and design on a piece of cardstock as shown in the instructions in your box kit.

3. All the instructions come with the kit and after using these you will be able to recreate more Skyscraper Boxes on your own.

4. It is fun to add confetti into the box so when it pops open it makes a big mess too!

These can be sent through the mail! What fun!

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Instructions

1. Emboss the velvet. See velvet embossing.

2. Scan the photo to the size you want and print it out on photo transfer paper, or take the photo to a copy center to have it scanned and printed. Following the directions on the photo transfer paper, transfer the image to a piece of cream muslin or cotton, centering it on the fabric.

3. Lay the Steam-A-Seam2 fusible web on a flat surface with the adhesive side up. Remove the paper covering from the fusible web and set it aside for later use. Lay the photo and embossed ribbon on the fusible interfacing (with right sides up). Because the Steam-A-Seam2 is sticky, it holds everything in place while you design your ribbon pattern.

4. Carefully turn over the entire project. Using the paper from the fusible web to cover and protect the ribbon and an iron set to medium, gently iron the ribbon and photo to the fusible web from the back side.

5. Remove the paper backing from the fusible web and lay the 15" x 15" square of muslin on top of it. With the iron set to medium gently iron the muslin backing to the pillow front. If these pillows are going to be used for more than just decorative purposes, you may want to go ahead and reinforce the ribbon by sewing it (along the edges) to the backing.

6. With right sides together, sew the pillow back to the pillow front around all four sides, leaving a 3" opening. Turn the pillow right side out.

7. Stuff the pillow with Poly-fil stuffing or insert a pillow form. Slipstitch the opening to finish.

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Instructions

1. Using purple card stock, cut one three-inch square and one rectangle measuring 3-1/2" x 4-1/2."

2. Stamp and emboss the dragon stamp on the large piece, and the two Asian symbols on the smaller pieces. Line the edges of the card stock with the gold pen.

3. Cover the cardboard with the mulberry paper, folding the corners neatly.

4. Punch holes in each of the four corners of the covered cardboard pieces.

5. Stamp the cherry blossom stamp on the edges of the covered pieces.

6. Glue the card stock that was embossed in gold on each mulberry card.

7. Wrap thin wire through the holes of each panel to attach the three mulberry panels together and make decorative coils with the remaining wire.

8. Wrap the thin wire around the heavier wire. Make a decorative hanger for the three panels. Attach it to the top panel with the coils made in step 7.

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Instructions

1. Cut four pieces of fabric--nine inches square--two for the purse and two for the lining.

2. Cut two pieces of interfacing nine inches square.

3. Stamp the fabric with fabric stamps and fabric paint.

4. Iron the fusible interfacing to the two purse fabric pieces to give the purse more body.

5. Apply decorations to the front piece of the purse. Use fusible interfacing to attach braided trim, making sure to go all the way to the edges of the fabric. Use fabric glue to attach any beads or sew beadwork on.

6. Cut two pieces of cording twelve inches long for the handles. Tack the ends of the handles to the top edge of the purse, with the handles facing down.

7. Sew three sides of the purse, right sides together, leaving the top open. Repeat for the lining.

8. Turn the purse fabric right side out. Slip the purse into the lining, keeping the lining right sides together. Sew the purse to the lining around the top edges, leaving a two-inch opening. Turn the purse inside out and slip stitch the opening to finish.

Tips:
If you'd like to try making a velvet-embossed version of this purse, find instructions for embossing velvet in the Hot Potatoes catalog.
Vary the size and shape of this purse for different looks or make the handle a shoulder strap. To embellish, add an antique button clasp and some lace.

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Instructions

1. Turn iron to cotton setting. Lightly spray wrong side of velvet. Lay right side facing down on stop of a stamp with the rubber image facing up. Place the hot iron on the velvet with the stamp under it. Try to hit an area where there are no steam holes on the iron. Hold with pressure for 10-30 seconds. Keep repeating this on various colors of velvet until you have all the leaves you need. Carefully iron the velvet to the backing, do not iron on the right side of the velvet. Then using your scissors cut out each leaf. This is the most time consuming part of the project

2. Emboss about twenty-five leaves of each color of velvet. While you emboss, it is critical that you lay the fusible web on the wrong side of the fabric. Then be sure to put the protective paper layer between the fusible web and the iron. The webbing will permanently bond to the velvet, making it more stable and also keeping the velvet from fraying.

3. Cut out all leaves, leaving a small edge of the unembossed velvet as the border for each leaf.

4. Lay the leaves on a flat surface to determine your pattern.

5. Using an ironing board on protected work surface, turn each leaf upside down, but make sure the pattern is how you want it in the final phase.

6. Lay the tulle over the design and then lay the protective paper you saved from the fusible web.

7. Iron over each leaf, securing it permanently to the tulle. Work with small areas at a time as once they have bonded to the tulle, the process is permanent.

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Instructions

1. Iron the the items to be stamped.

2. Place foam board under the pillowcase.

3. Using a foam brush, apply paint to the stamp. Consider the light and shadow that might be on a piece of fruit and experiment with color. A small flash of black as a shadow adds an artistic touch.

4. Randomly print the pillowcase and paint around the stamps for added color. Add embellishing color and design to the edges of the pillow. Allow it to dry completely before turning over to print the other side.

5. Print the top border of the sheet tocoordinate with the pillow case.

6. Print the pajamas in the same manner.

7. After all items are completely dry, toss then in a hot dryer for 20 minutes to heat set.

Tips:
Keep cotton swabs on hand to dab up extra paint that may get on margins of the stamp. This keeps hands clean. Q-tips are handy to touch up any spots that may not have printed perfectly. Do not attempt to print the entire sheet. It is a huge undertaking.

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Instructions

1.Lightly mist the back side of the fabric.

2.Place the stamp image, rubber side up, on the ironing board.

3.Lay the fabric right side down against the stamp image.

4.Press the iron to fabric and DO NOT move it. Count to 20 and carefully lift up iron. You might want to press again for ten seconds, just for good measure.

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Instructions

1.Stamp images or phrases onto the cardstock, and cut the cardstock to fit into the box. Stamp two of everything.

2.Glue or tape the identical images or letters back to back with the string or ribbon in between.

3.Thread string or ribbon through the top of the box or secure it to underside of the top.

4.Decorate the outside of the box with stamps or cover with paper or cloth.

Note: The Hot Potatoes Alphabet Set is perfect for stamping out a friend's name or greeting. Use grommets and wire to attach the segments for variety. Also try beads, polymer clay, charms, tassels, and other trinkets to dress up your box. Use your imagination, and have fun!

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Instructions

1.Plan and sketch a wall hanging design on paper. The featured project has a rectangular-shaped background with a three-kimono rubber stamp design positioned in vertical fashion.

2.After sketching out a wall hanging design, select a background piece of velvet and complementary-colored scraps to inlay in the background.

3.Emboss the velvet scraps by lightly misting the backside of the velvet with water. Place the selected design stamp with the rubber side facing up on an ironing board. Lay the velvet right side down against the stamp image. Press a hot iron to the velvet and hold for 20 seconds, then lift up the velvet. Continue to emboss all the velvet scraps in this fashion.

4.Emboss the background velvet with same design that you used for embossing the velvet scraps.

5.Place the embossed velvet pieces, wrong side down, on the stickier side of iron-on , double-sided fusible webbing. Leave the paper backing on the other side of the webbing.

6.Carefully cut along the outline of the embossed design in the background piece of velvet. Keep the cut along the outline of the embossed design only. Cut out the embossed designs from the scraps of velvet.

7.Cut a piece of heavy black paper to use for mounting the wall hanging. It should be two to three inches larger on each side than the background velvet. Cut a piece of fusible webbing in the same size. Peel the protective paper from the less sticky side of the fusible and position it on top of the heavy paper. Peel the protective backing off the up-side of the fusible.

8.Place background velvet, right side up, on the web-covered paper. Tuck the embossed design cutouts into the cut-away sections of the background velvet.

9.To create a border for wall hanging, cut strips of velvet backed with fusible webbing. Use a ruler and sharp scissors to get straight lines, or a rotary cutter is also a great tool for this.

10.Remove the paper backing from the strips and lay them down around the wall hanging inlaid velvet design to form the border (figure F).

11.Cut and position additional strips to complete the border.

12.Position foamboard on top of project and use it to help carefully flip the project over. Lightly iron the back on the black paper side to bond all the pieces together. The pieces cannot be moved once they are pressed, so make sure the pattern is correct before ironing the fabric.

13.Turn the project back over and trim off any frayed edges. This is a good time to clean the velvet by rolling it with a lint brush. The piece can be framed shadowbox style so that the velvet is not crushed by glass.


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Instructions

1. Draw a centered rectangle on each cardboard piece, making each line of the drawing one inch away from the edge of the cardboard. Cut an X-shape inside the drawn rectangle on each cardboard piece then cut away the inside, leaving a rectangular-shaped hole in the center of each piece. The cardboard pieces will resemble a photo mat or frame.

2. Cut four rectangular pieces of fabric, one inch longer on all sides than the cardboard pieces.

2. Decorate the muslin pieces using fabric stamps and fabric paint

3. Turn fabric panels stamped-side-down on the work surface. Center a cardboard frame on each fabric panel. Cut strips of Tacky Tape to fit along the cardboard pieces. Remove protective backing from one side of the fusible and adhere the strips to the cardboard.

4. Remove protective covering from the top layer of the fusible strips attached to the cardboard. Fold edges of fabric over onto the fusible-covered cardboard frames tautly with neatly folded corners.

5. Using a sharp-edged instrument such as an awl or ice pick, punch holes one inch apart along both long sides of all the muslin-covered cardboard frames. Punch from the front of the frames, on the design side.

6. Loop two, three-yard lengths of rattail cording over a jump ring, centering the length of each on the ring and securing with a slipknot. Measure six inches down each of the four lengths of cord suspended from the jump ring. Knot each one at the six-inch mark.

7. Lace the fabric-covered panels together with the rattail cording hanging from the jump ring. To do this, thread one length of cording from the jump ring through the top hole of one panel. Place a second panel next to the first and secure together by threading the cord through the top hole in the second panel, pulling the cord taut to the knot at the six-inch knot made in step 6. Repeat this step for the other three lengths of cording, using the fabric-covered panels to create the walls of the lampshade, and to move the lengths of cording into each corner where you'll finish lacing the panels together.

8. Working on one corner of the lampshade at a time, thread the length of rattail cord through a large-eye needle and stitch the sides of the lamp panels together using diagonal, overcast stitches through the punched-out holes. Pull each stitch taut so the six-inch knot in the cord meets the top of the panel.

9. Once you've stitched down the sides to the bottom of the lampshade, tie on beads and tassels to embellish if desired.

10. Spray the shade thoroughly with a flame retardant designed for fabric.

11. Use the ring to hang the shade. The shade can also stand up on a table surface if you leave off embellishments.

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Instructions

1. Stamp the dragonfly stamp onto the mulberry paper using clear embossing ink .

2. Emboss the images with clear embossing powder.

3. Place the mulberry paper onto the tray or box top. Wet the paper generously, using the spray bottle.

4. Dilute the water color inks and drop colors onto the wet paper with the drop applicators.

5. Use fingers, brushes or other tools to mix and blend the colors.

6. Hang the paper to dry or use a hair dryer to speed the process. Do not use the heat gun.

7. Iron the paper between two sheets of unprinted newsprint. The heat from the iron will cause the embossing powder to melt into the newsprint.

8. Cut a piece of the decorated mulberry paper the same size as the cover of the note pad.

9. Cut out a piece of card stock that measures the width of the notepad. This piece should also be about 2-1/2 inches long.

10. Use the double-sided tacky tape or bookbinders glue to attach the paper just decorated to the card stock. Position the paper over the front of the notebook .

11. Run a strip of tacky tape across the back and along the top edge of the notebook. Add decorative thread or ribbon.

12. Run tacky tape along all edges of the coordinating piece of card stock. Wrap this piece of paper from the top front of notebook to the top back to hide where decorative threads and cover attach.

Tip: Make several notebooks at a time. A pack of three makes a nice presentation.

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Instructions

1. Follow directions on package of dye. Deka Series is the best quality of dye I have found for the home level and I strongly suggest using this brand. I prefer to dye in large pots instead in the washing machine.

2. Let the velvet dry completely.

3. Lightly mist with water on the wrong side.

4. Put the rubber stamp on the work surface with rubber side up. Lay fabric over stamp with the right side facing down

5. With a hot iron (usually the cotton setting) Iron on top of the velvet that is covering the stamp. Be sure to keep iron flat to only the stamp image.

6. Continue until entire piece of fabric is embossed.

7. Other tools like bent wire or lace can be used for embossing as well.

Tips
Dry clean to care for velvet after dyeing.
Try to use an iron with few steam holes. Inexpensive irons with holes only around the outer image are perfect.

Hot Potatoes Rubber Stamps came up with this technique for embossing. The big solid images are deeply cut and our adhesive is different from others. We can only guarantee our stamps for this process.

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Instructions

1. Measure desired length and width for table runner. Cut out a rectangle of this size adding two inches to overall pattern size. A 48" inch long by 17" wide would be cut to 50" by 19')

2. Measure eight inches from end on both ends of pattern. Draw a line across the short width of pattern at each end that is eight inches from the bottom edge of pattern. At very bottom edge of each end measure to middle point and mark. (On a 19" pattern you would mark at 9 ð' point. Using the line that marks the 8"point, draw a straight line from side of pattern to meddle point at end of pattern. Repeat on other end of pattern. These are the pointed ends of table runner pattern. Cut out pattern.

3. Pin to velvet. Cut out one piece.

4. Pin to lining. Cut out one piece

5. Sew with rights side together leaving a six to eight inch opening. Press seams open. Be sure to press on the lining side.

6. Attach the tassels to the pointed ends of the table runner.

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