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Fabric punching question
Apr. 13th, 2015 10:19 amI worked more on the smocking this weekend. I finished the first row across, and did a second row. It goes relatively quickly, when I actually sit down to work on it. I did the whole second row during tech rehearsal yesterday.
I also have a question, which I hope I haven't already asked previously -- Do any of you have experience punching shapes into fabric? I'm going to start working on the Little Red cape soon, and it has flower shapes punched all along the edges. I was hoping to use some sort of punch, because cutting out all those shapes would be an absolute nightmare. I've read that it helps to heavily starch the fabric before you punch it, and that you can sharpen the punches with aluminum foil. I'm using a faux suede, though, and I'm not really sure how much starch will affect that sort of fabric (or conversly, if starch will damage the faux suede).
I have to say, it makes me wish I still had access to the Scan & Cut, because I probably could have done a lot of it at my old job, if I could have figured out how to get the fabric into the machine. But that's water under the bridge, and I'm not going to spend $400 on being able to punch these shapes out!
I also have a question, which I hope I haven't already asked previously -- Do any of you have experience punching shapes into fabric? I'm going to start working on the Little Red cape soon, and it has flower shapes punched all along the edges. I was hoping to use some sort of punch, because cutting out all those shapes would be an absolute nightmare. I've read that it helps to heavily starch the fabric before you punch it, and that you can sharpen the punches with aluminum foil. I'm using a faux suede, though, and I'm not really sure how much starch will affect that sort of fabric (or conversly, if starch will damage the faux suede).
I have to say, it makes me wish I still had access to the Scan & Cut, because I probably could have done a lot of it at my old job, if I could have figured out how to get the fabric into the machine. But that's water under the bridge, and I'm not going to spend $400 on being able to punch these shapes out!