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Welcome to our new blog — We’re so glad you’re here! Before we begin, we want to make clear that the products we will discuss along the way are simply products we use and think our customers will enjoy using in conjunction with our designs. We do not sell the products, nor are we affiliated with any manufacturers, companies or brands. We want to thank Therese at Barnes North Sewing in North Olmstead, OH for mentioning Angelina fibers and films to us because they are really fun to use. You’ll be able to add variety and sparkle to your holiday stitching with these nifty products. The  fibers come in two types, smooth and crimped, and each type comes in many colors. Both the fibers  and films bond to themselves and each other, but not to anything else. So it’s easy to create a  meshy sheet from the fibers in the following way. Place the fibers between two sheets of paper,  teflon pressing sheets, fabric or even lace. Angelina fibers and sheets will take on the texture of  the material they are pressed against. Check with your local sewing machine dealer or Google  Angelina Fibers to find sources for them.

This picture shows the packaged fiber and a roll of film along with sheets I created by pressing them between two layers of cotton fabric. You can see how the colors change.

Once you have created a sheet of “fabric” by bonding the fibers together, this sheet can be substituted for fabric in our designs which call for organza fabric. The *fabric* created with Angelina is  very sparkly and iridescent. It looks delicate, but this fabric is quite tough enough to use as fabric in our organza designs. As long as the fibers have been bonded together, the sheet will remain intact when it’s stitched on, and will not be harmed when the designs are soaked to remove stabilizer.

In making your “fabric” you can use bits of Angelina film mixed with the fiber, or you can use the film alone. Heating the film makes it change color and become iridescent. But don’t heat too much or you can lose the shine.

To create a well-interlocked and relatively even sheet, I like to tease the fibers apart with my fingers and make a fairly even pile like the one shown here. And after pressing it is a sparkly sheet:

After pressing, use it like fabric when stitching our organza designs. Using our organza designs, you will place the Angelina “fabric” on or under the hoop (please follow individual instructions for our designs) and stitch an outline. You will trim the Angelina along this outline. This leaves scraps which can be re-used by cutting them up, arranging them and bonding them together to form another fabric sheet. Nothing need be wasted.

Our new two-layer snowflakes look sparkly using Angelina, especially by candlelight or holiday lights. They can be hung from a simple garland, placed on “stems” for decorating potted plants or other areas of your home during the holidays, and of course they make great tree decorations.

 

Angelina products look great with our 3D organza designs, such as 3D Butterflies and 3D Angels; but it can also be used for our regular organza ornaments designs, such as this star from our organza ornament set E058 Organza 2007: After soaking the stabilizer out of the designs, the best way to allow them to dry is to place them between two layers of towel and place something flat and relatively heavy (like a book) on top of them. This will keep them flat so you don’t need to press them after drying, as you normally would. If you do have a need to press them at any point, be sure to use a press cloth and low heat and don’t press them very long to preserve the color and sheen of the Angelina.

We hope you will enjoy the posts on our new blog and find inspiration for new ideas of your own. We appreciate all of you so much and look forward to sharing more tips with you here at K-Lace Place.

 

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