Make It: Tween Recycled CD Purse

Make It: Tween Recycled CD Purse - Rockabilly Style

Materials:
Decorative fabric
black fabric CD case
2 Lucite™ handbag handles
iron-on fusible webbing
scissors
iron
fabric glue
FolkArt dimensional fabric paint - Licorice
iron
1-1/2 yd. 1/2" ribbon
embroidery thread

Steps:

Remove the "guts" (the plastic sheeting that hold the CDs) of the CD case.


Using fabric glue, apply ribbon to the inside seam to cover the old stitching. Set it aside to dry.


Iron a piece of fusible webbing to the back of the fabric, following the manufacturer's instructions. Trim around the image to be applied to the purse.


Peel off the paper and iron the fabric to the purse. If the fabric is nylon, use a pressing cloth to prevent melting. Using fabric glue, apply ribbon along the edge of the CD case. Miter the corners for a clean look.


Edge the ironed image with FolkArt dimensional paint. Let dry.


Stitch handbag handles to each side of the top of the case.

Make It: Transferring Images To Fabric

Make It: Transferring Images To Fabric With Bubble Jet Set

From the Rockabilly episode of Creative Juice

Materials:
Bubble Jet Set solution
Bubble Jet rinse
100% cotton fabric
funnel
wash tub
freezer paper iron-on
pinking sheers/or a serger
iron
printer and computer

Steps:

1. Soak fabric in Bubble Jet Set solution for 5 minutes. Funnel excess solution back into the bottle. Allow fabric to dry (a hairdryer can be used to speed up the drying process).


2. Iron treated fabric onto the shiny side of the freezer paper.


3. With the fabric ironed to the paper, it can be fed through a printer exactly like a sheet of paper. Print scanned image and allow to cure for 1 hour.


4. Peel fabric off freezer paper.




5. Add 4 caps (2 oz.) of Bubble Jet Rinse to 1 gallon water. Rinse fabric in solution. Next, hand-wash fabric. Allow to air dry or use a hair dryer to speed up the drying process.

Make it: Recycled Denim Cuff

Make it: Recycled Denim Cuff
Perfect for him or her

From the Rockabilly episode of Creative Juice

Materials:
Bubble Jet Set
8"x 10" piece of fabric - light color
Image to print
scissors
sewing machine
topstitching thread
two heavy-duty snaps
snap setter
old jeans

Steps:

1. Soak the fabric in the Bubble Jet Set solution for 5 minutes (funnel the excess back into the bottle). Allow the fabric to dry (you can use a hairdryer to speed up the drying process).

2. Iron the treated fabric to the shiny side of the freezer paper.

3. Once this is completed, feed the fabric through your printer exactly like a sheet of paper and print a image. Allow the fabric to cure for an hour.

4. Peel the fabric off the freezer paper.

5. Rinse the fabric with Bubble Jet Rinse. Add 4 capfuls (2 oz.) Bubble Jet Rinse to 1 gal. water and hand-wash the fabric. Allow it to air dry, or use a hairdryer to speed up the process.

6. Cutout the image leaving a small border.

7. Measure the circumference of your wrist and add 1" for the snaps. This is the length of the denim strip. Cut a strip 3" wide and the calculated length.

8. Place the strips together with the backs together; topstitch around the outer edge.

9. Determine the placement of the snaps by folding the two ends back over themselves and marking with a piece of chalk.

10. Attach three heavy-duty snaps using the snap setter and following the instructions on the package.

11. Attach the Bubble Jet patch in the center of the cuff with topstitching.