(Meet Bunny, my mask model )
One of the positives of spending so much time at home (besides learning how to make face masks) these days has been the good time spent using my toys. Especially toys that spent most of their time in their travel bags. A little over a year ago I got a ScanNCut with the intention of using it to cut fabric for applique.
I took several project classes and enjoyed them, put the unit back in the bag and there it stayed until next class. Well in April I decided it was time to find it, it's own spot where I could use it whenever I wanted without the packing and unpacking that always stopped me from starting a new project. This hop was a perfect opportunity to learn what it was actually capable of doing besides cutting fabric.
After much time watching YouTube I decided to start this hop by playing with fabric and Vinyl. I started with this adorable mug rug.
Well if I was going to gift it I thought that it needed a matching gift bag.
Oh and a card. The card is the vinyl ironed onto a card made from photo copying the fabric onto card stock.
This is the vinyl that is used to decorate tee shirts. You iron it on and its there pretty much forever and is washable. ( I haven't tested the washing part yet)
I found that this is very addicting. Can't believe it took me so long to play this way with this machine.
Anyhow, the next project was this table runner. I saw these design files and had this fabric in my stash and knew they would be a perfect Christmas gift.
I still needed to find something to do with this train design from the set that I HAD to use. It was too big for a mug rug, my usual go to item. Next on my go to list are place mats.
This design is also the center of the table runner.
So this set of place mats is another gift done and off my Christmas to do list.
OK so now I'm antsy to see what else I could do using my ScanNCut for Christmas. Back out to YouTube and there it was ............. Glass Etching.
I gave it a try on a glass mug using a simple design. It went really well. So I decided to use one of the trees from the place mats for my next try.
It was a very detailed design to do and probably too detailed to try again anytime soon, but it was a successful adventure that is very hard to photograph. Everything reflects off of it.
And then I found yet another idea, this one I didn't have time to finish but definitely worth sharing the concept with all of you.
ScanNCut not only cuts it draws and one of the videos I saw was about taking a drawing / design and drawing it onto fabric. I found this design online
printed it out for some Blue Work. Hindsight says I probably should have chosen a much lighter ink color for my base and yes this will be a mug rug.
Now for those of you who have gotten this far, you are welcome to leave a comment and I will pick one of you for my Christmas give away. The gift will be this mug rug, gift bag and card from the very beginning of this post. I'll pick a winner next Monday, noon Eastern.
Thanks for stopping by and please stop in for a visit and a little Good Cheer from all of the other participants in this hop who I have noted below.
Please Stay safe.
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