to Iron On Decoupage
Iron-on decoupage is a craft that has made it's way here (Australia) from Germany where it is popular according to a friend of a friend. It is done with paper serviettes and ModPodge. I have also tried it with other types of paper and with fabric. It all works.
The following process was done with a paper serviette which had a picture of a rooster on it. I cut out the rooster and then the layers of the serviette fell apart. That leaves a very thin piece of paper.
If you are using paper serviettes which are very thin, your background paint must be light in colour otherwise it will darken the paper cut out. With heavier paper and fabric this is not a problem.
Once it was ironed on, you couldn't feel the edges of the paper. It would only take a couple coats of varnish to finish something like this. Read on.
- Seal the object with Liquitex Gloss medium & Varnish
- Paint background (use a light colour for thin paper)
- Apply ModPodge on the area where the image will go (or even the whole object) and let dry
Heat iron (dry and cotton settings)
Put glad-bake paper on the image and iron on for about 1/2 minute
Let the paper cool down a little and peel off
You can then seal it with another coat of ModPodge or varnish it
The Glad Bake paper can be re-used many times.
This even works with fabric.
Applications for this process
- When you need a gift by the weekend you can make coasters in two days, one to paint, cut and then iron and one to varnish
- When you want to do something for selling at the markets and don't want to invest a lot of time in it
- When you have a large paper cut out and don't want to risk air bubbles and wrinkles
- When you want to lay down a sheet of paper over a surface instead of small cut out objects
With Fabric
Here is my painted and modpodged coaster
Here is the coaster with the fabric piece ironed on.
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This page updated April 2006.
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