I’ve decided to start swapping again. The first of the swaps I tackled this week was to create two Vintage Fashion ATCs. Here’s my interpretation and a bit of a how to.
I love this effect and it’s really quick and easy to acheive.
First find an old dressmaking pattern that you are done with or don’t mind never using again. For my purposes I have a huge box of vintage patterns for size 10 clothing…even with the best will in the world I’ll never fit into these so they’re perfect for other crafts. The background I used actually has two patterns stuck to it as the one I had with words on it didn’t look old enough for the effect I was trying to acheive.
Using a glue stick, stick the pattern pieces to a plain postcard. Wait for these to dry before the next part, otherwise they will tear and the whole thing will be a mess.
The figures were applied using the packing tape transfer method shown in the video below. Pay particular attention to removing all of the white bits, unlike me who did this in a poorly lit room and missed bits!
I photocopied the pattern packaging and coloured in the figures with crayon and coloured pencil before sticking it to my “packing tape”. The green one is crayon and the red one is coloured pencil. Crayon gives a more vibrant finish, although I prefer the washed out appearance from the coloured pencil. I guess anything would work as long as it’s waterproof.
The cool thing about this method of transfer is that ech time I’ve done it, the packing tape (or sticky backed plastic in my case) stays sticky even though it’s been wet, which is perfect for finishing the ATCs. I just smoothed it on and rubbed my scissor handles over it to get a really good contact between the transfer and the patterned postcard.
The back is finished with another plain postcard for neatness.
Tags: art, collage, green, handmade, paper, recycled, red, sewing, swapbot
