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| This technique creates a dimensional texture to fabric resembling fluffy kernels of popcorn. You can vary the degree of texture to suit any design. Here's how it's done: |
Fusible Knit Interfacing - Get the lightest weight possible,enough to go with each fabric you chose.
Spray Bottle - For misting the fabric. Chopstick - Or any tool with a blunt end.
Cookie Drying Rack with a 1/2" grid - If you happen to have one GREAT! It MUST be a mesh grid style (1/2" squares) NOT the long straight wire kind.
If you don't have one, you can make your own with the supplies below:
1/2" Hardware Cloth - This is found in hardware stores usually in the wire fencing section. Normally sold by the foot, purchase an 18" x 36" (the general width it's sold by).
10' of 3/4" thick, Flat Frame Molding - While you're in the hardware store pick up a length of flat molding. You can make a frame for your hardware cloth, by stapling it to the edges (use a heavy duty staple gun).
If you aren't handy with a saw (and don't know someone who is) consider asking your local hardware store if they would put your frame together for you.
Lightly mist the fabric with water from the spray bottle. You want your fabric to be damp not wet.
STEP 2 Using the chopstick stuff the fabric into the holes of the mesh rack. Push it through only about 1/2", just enough so it stays. Depending on how much texture you want, make your "stuffing's" about 4" apart. You will notice the fabric will want to pop back out when you stuff another one beside it. Give the fabric some 'ease' to keep this from happening.
STEP 3 Once you have as much texture as you would like, fuse the interfacing to the wrong side of your fabric, BEFORE TAKING IT OUT OF THE RACK! If you pull it out of the rack without the fused interfacing you will have just undone all your work! You don't need to get a 'solid' fuse, just enough to hold the texture in place.
STEP 4 Gently remove fabric from rack. At the ironing board, finish fusing interfacing to fabric.
STEP 5 On the right side, with matching or contrasting thread, randomly stitch down the folds and creases formed by the texturing. Stitch around the little 'popcorn' like bumps to keep from flattening them out.
