General approach - the following approach is used in designing any of the stars.
Step 1: Rubbing
Place stamps underneath the fabric, and paint the fabric with iridescent paintstiks. I like the way
the iridescent colors make my stars "glow," but will use some of the matte colors to get specific colors
not available in the iridescent line.
Step 2: Fusing
Apply a fusible to the back of the fabric, once you have made sufficient multiples of your shapes. I
prefer Steam-a-Seam II because it has a pressure sensitive coating on both sides allowing for a temporary
hold until fused down permanently with an iron.
Step 3: Cut out the shapes
Cut out the shapes, but do not remove the release paper until ready for placement.
Step 4: Placement of shapes
Remove the release paper and work from center to place your shapes.
Creating the Aries Star
Tier #1
Start in the center and work outward. The shapes can be overlapped, spaced apart, and layered to create
infinite possibilities.
Tier #2
Be sure the outer points are equidistant from each other. DO NOT fuse down permanently until you are
satisfied with the placement.
Tier #3
Keep in mind that very different effects can be achieved based on color choices and placement of color
on each shape.
Tier #4
I could have kept on building this out... but ran out of fabric, so declared victory for this particular
design. The final step is fusing the shapes permanently to the background fabric.
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