Mylar and Mary and a sticky solution

Hello to you! What a gorgeous day we're having in PA.
Sunny, breezy, warm, and colorful, with all those damn leaves. I'm having another ultrasound and mapping (fake tattoo!) for the left leg in preparation for the second zap surgery next Tuesday. With wearing the compression stockings, I found a new product. It's called "It Stays!" and you may already know about it, but it is a skin glue for holding up the compression hosiery. Well it works on just about anything apparel related. It's very tacky, clear, and easily removed with water yet holds very well and stays flexible. I decided to try it on my sling backs that keep falling off my heels and it worked great. A few swipes inside the strap held it on, and also worked on an annoying bra strap. Keeping a camisole from gaping open, spaghetti straps, men's socks, trouser socks, you name it. Great great product sold where you'd find compression stockings. On to Mary.

I'm making progress on the bottom area and have the people and a few birds and small motifs before moving back into the verse. I changed the birds from ecru to 3768 and the lions from the 316 (mulberry!) to gold 680. I plan on repeating that bird blue in the bottom design and I think the verse's lighter blue will work nicely so it will remain that shade. It seems that adding the darker blue into this area will really pull it all together. I'm glad I moved to the bottom because it really brought the piece's colors into perspective for me. Without seeing that area stitched, I think I would still be changing the verse's color. Not sure which blue I will use to complete the upper alphabet. 

Now on to the Mylar. It's great for ornaments that you don't want too puffy, or don't want to mount to board backing with the gluing and trims involved. It works for any small project, except usable pincushions. If you want a stiff unbendable ornament, mylar isn't it since it is very flexible. For those, the styrofoam or mat board is still a good option to slip inside.

Here's the steps I use when choosing to "insert plastic"! Trace and cut slightly smaller than the finished piece, bend to insert. You can bend it back to being flat if it develops a little curve. Make sure it is fit and not too large or it will make the entire piece bend.

Slip it in against the fabric with the seam allowances on the back side of the mylar so they don't show through the front if you're not adding batting. I chose to add fill - cut it to fit, slid it in on the front side, decided to add another piece to the back of the mylar, and you can see the difference between just the mylar and the two additions of batting. It's very soft and pliable but still holds shape.

  

So there she is. Slightly puffy, nicely smooth from the fusible interfacing, and not distorted because of filling.

I'm done. Gotta get moving.

Have a great evening, thank you for visiting!

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