This has been such an ideal yr for astronomy themed crafts, hasn’t it? I’ve all the time had a mushy spot for the planets and stars, so, to say the least, I used to be very excited to make one thing area themed for this venture. I actually needed to create a DIY constellation pillow that may spruce up my dwelling decor.
I used our Pearlescent Metallic HTV on a black pillow case to showcase the main constellations of the northern hemisphere. Do you know that residents of the southern hemisphere have a totally completely different set of stars to view at night time? A few of my favourite constellations within the northern sky embrace Ursa Main and Ursa Minor, in any other case often known as the massive and little dipper! The north star (Polaris) is situated on the very tip of the little dipper and was used for hundreds of years to assist information vacationers alongside their meant routes.
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As you possibly can see, this design was very detailed and never significantly fast to weed. When reducing an in depth design, I all the time advocate to decelerate the velocity of your cutter. It will make it easier to to get an entire lower in your vinyl in order that when weeding you’ll solely peel up what you want! I’ve included the lower file right here, however I extremely advocate a affected person hand whereas weeding this one! I selected to weed this design on the underside platen of my warmth press. This makes weeding tiny particulars even simpler. The Pearlescent HTV has a sticky service which lets you press any particulars that come up when weeding again down, however at instances, it may be too sticky. Weeding on a heat floor helps the vinyl launch from the service.
As soon as weeded, I centered my design on the pillowcase and set the warmth press to 305º F. Since this design was bigger than the press I did should press in a few sections to cowl the complete 12×12” space of the design. It is vital to understand that you don’t need your seams to be on the press when making use of. This ensures that you just get a superb, even stress on the pillow case.
As soon as completed I used to be so excited to see what the pillow case seemed like on a pillow, it is a good factor the Metallic HTV is a scorching or chilly peel! Who may watch for this to chill? The pearlescent impact got here by way of fantastically, complementing the constellations with attractive pink and blue hues. It was good for this astronomical venture.
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