Embossed velvet leaves, made with a rubber stamp and an iron, dress up a silk ring pillow.
Tools and Materials
Velvet
White single-sided medium-weight fusible cotton interfacing
Scissors and pinking shears
An iron
A custom rubber stamp (use the template, linked below, or a leaf-press set)
18-gauge wire
White craft glue
Embossed Velvet Leaf Ring Pillow How-To
1. Cut both velvet and interfacing to be 1/2 inch larger on all sides than rubber stamp. With an iron on medium-high, fuse interfacing to wrong side of velvet, holding iron in place 5 to 10 seconds to bind securely.
2. Lay fused velvet face down on the stamp. Spray interfacing with water. Press iron against fabric 10 to 15 seconds, using firm circular motions.
3. Cut out leaves (use pinking shears for notched edges of birch leaves). For large leaves, glue 18-gauge wire (use thinner wire for smaller leaves) to back along major veins, starting about 1/2 inch from top. Clip off extra wire at base of leaf (or leave a stem to use leaves in a bouquet), and bend wire gently to shape leaf. Hand-sew wire in place at the bottom of the leaf, and hand-sew bottom of leaf to pillow.
Embossoftheworld: I've never tried a project like this, but it looks like maybe she took a paint pen and lined the veins from the rubberstamp...maybe even used a metallic sharpie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXYO-B4u7tw
This really helped me, but I don't understand how the veins showed up so light colored.
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I have an older Christmas book written by Martha and she uses this same technique to make beautiful velvet dove Christmas ornaments. I have the template in the back of the book, but I have been unsuccessful in finding a retailer to create a custom stamp out of the image for under $85! Yikes! Does anyone know of a supplier that will create a custom rubber stamp for a reasonable price?