Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Information on embroidering on stretchy fabrics and working with Transfer Artist Paper will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain).
Clare Rowley, president of Creative Feet LLC, will demonstrate how to embroider on stretchy fabrics using the Octi-Hoops along with Stick and Rinse stabilizer. She lives in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
Lesley Riley is a teacher, author, quilter and designer, and she’s going to show how to work with TAP or transfer artist paper that allows you to iron images onto virtually any surface, from wood to glass to fabric to metal. TAP is inkjet printer compatible, it’s washable and crack-resistant on fabric.
Information on taking care of jewelry, making a classic Caesar salad and incorporating things from the hardware store in to your needlepoint projects will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Kristina Rachel is a jewelry designer, and she’s going to show how to take care of jewelry, whether it’s sterling silver, gold, base metal or even leather and gemstones. Her company is Rachel Claire Collection and she’s from San Jose, California.
Cookbook author and chef, John Vollertsen (more commonly known as Chef Johnny Vee) will demon-strate how to make classic Caesar salad with toasted garlic croutons. He owns and operates Las Cosas Cooking School in Santa Fe.
Sandy Grossman-Morris is the owner and designer of Sandy Grossman-Morris Design, and she’s going to show how to incorporate things from your local hardware store, such as washers and hex nut covers, into your needlework projects. She is from Brentwood, California.
What is TAP?
TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) is a specially designed paper that is sprayed with a polymer coating. This coating is designed to accept inkjet printer inks and other art materials, such as markers, crayons, charcoal, pastels, paints, pens and ink. It does not work with laser toner.
Why Transfer with TAP?
TAP has several advantages over direct printing on fabric. Images printed directly on plain fabric are duller and not as sharp as images transferred with TAP. With a TAP transfer, the polymer coating locks in the brightness and sharpness of the image, so that what you see on the paper is what you get on the fabric.
When a TAP transfer is done correctly, it is fully washable, even in a bleach cycle. You can expect long-lasting, colorfast color.
Transfer TAP onto any fabric without purchasing or preparing your own pretreated fabric. There is no need to trim fabric and back it for your printer. TAP will transfer onto any fabric without any hassles, even after you have pieces or sewn it.
So far, I have only discovered one disadvantage — the polymer that creates all the wonderful benefits will cause some stiffness on the fabric.
“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations. Contact her at:
