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#1388 - Backpacks - the wings

4/21/2014

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This is the first of 3 blogs about sewing specific elements of these backpacks.  Today I'm going to show how I make the wings, which actually don't require any sewing.
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I can't tell you how many times I drew all those little scalloped petals before I liked the look of it.  Or how many different ways I placed the rhinestone.
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This photo shows 2 different versions of my artwork.
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My first thought was to have each layer of wings puffy and dimensional, so I cut a layer of batting fleece and put it between the two colors of felt.
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This required sewing and looked really nice, but the layers started to slip and I knew it would just be too hard.  I don't like to ask anyone to do something I find impossible.
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So, I decided to fuse the layers together, but I thought it would look better if the lower contrast layer of felt showed a bit to make an outline around each wing piece. To do this, first trace wing shape onto Heat’n’Bond, the red/No-Sew kind, my favorite brand of fusible webbing.
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Press outer color of felt to the Heat’n’Bond, cut out along lines and peel away back.
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Press and fuse this onto the second color of felt.
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Trim away the second color of felt just slightly outside the line of the first color ... about 1/16”.
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Prepare the other two layers the same way.
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Stack and glue ... glue on rhinestones and then glue to bag.


E-Z!


Now where else would a pair of these wings look good?

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