MORE PICTURES...

[Susan]

and projects.

On the blog.

Right now.

Thanks to the awesome DTs!

www.scrapylandblog.com/blog-home/2011/9/7/an-overwhelming.html

[Crafty JBo (Jennifer)]

Great Blog post! Love Leslie and Gail's projects!

[Karen W]

Now I have to have the Acorn! Beautiful card Gail and Leslie your table setting is wonderful! I am thrilled that I already ordered that die set.

Scrapy Land DT and The Few rock!

Karen

[midmiscrapper]

Fun stuff!! Very elegant table setting, Leslie! And great card, Ana (love that foliage!).

Pam

[Basketlady]

For maybe the first time ever, I'm sad to say that Dani shipped my order ultra fast. Now I want to add more dies, but it's too late. I feel another order coming on... ;D

[Deleted]

You are right, Michelle! There are so many great ideas on the blog right now that I think I should have let my CC order everything!

Thanks, all of you DT Divas, for the wonderful ideas!

[1whoscraps]

I just want to add that if anyone wants to cut fabric with the LS/QK dies you will need to apply some bonding material on the back. I bought a nice package of it at Joann's (Heat'n Bond Lite Iron-on Adhesive) and it's really super simple and easy to use..just set your iron to a low setting like silk and iron it on then peel off the backing then you are ready to cut. You can also use pre-stiffened felt otherwise regular felt also needs a little bit of bonding material to cut.

[Basketlady]

Somewhere there is an entire thread that we did on cutting various materials with QK dies. I'll try to dig it up, since I know I give specific brands of felt to use.

I think we talked about using fabric, too. I don't back it with anything fusible, but I do use a sheet of copy paper in the sandwich. There may be a thread or two to snip, but I've had good luck.

Most wool felts will cut just fine. I even cut fine letters out wonderfully! Let me go and see if I can find the thread....

[Basketlady]

Here's one:

We were talking about the felt that Lifestyle Crafts is developing. It's was scheduled to come out for CHA, but was pushed back.
scrapyland.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=17&action=display&thread=7490

And in this thread, Susan talks about cutting her fabric poseys--adorable! There are some further tips there for cutting fabric and felt.
scrapyland.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=17&action=display&thread=7604

I also buy wool felt from another site. It's so soft and cuts like butter. Even the tiny fonts cut well--it's so much better than Thickers!

I think I said it somewhere above, but I don't cut these thicker materials with my Rev, only my Epic. I don't want to stress the gears on the Rev. My Epic is tighter than most and I can't say that I really like it for cutting wafer thin dies. But it cuts steel cut dies beautifully and works like a dream for embossing and cutting fabric and felt. So I use it without worries--it's one tough beast!

[Deleted]

Stiffen Stuff works great on fabrics, and like Susan suggested, I spray the fabric and then nuke it. (Saves getting the iron out...and my iron is already the loneliest appliance in the house!)

Wool felt cuts nicely, too!

[animal]

I'm loving both projects. Gail your card is SWEET! Leslie your tabletop is gorgeous! What an awesome way to showcase your beautiful projects. Love it! ;D

[Karen W]

Leslie, like Michelle, i cut my fabric betwenn printer paper if I am just using it flat on my page and do the microwave stiffening if doing someting dimensional. I do do anything to my felt and it cut just fine with my cookus cutter dies.

Thanks Michelle for digging up that thread.

Karen

[Basketlady]

Now that Dani has the search feature fixed, it was a piece of cake. I just did a search for felt. I came up with a lot of thoughts on "how we felt" and then the two I was looking for. Easy peasy!

[luv2scrap]

Excellent Blog Post! Very creative ideas! Well done.