Graphic Transfer with Tissue Paper

Hi Everyone! I hope your weekend is going well for you!

Please indulge me here. I was not satisfied with this project, my sewing table. It just didn't look right. 

Soooo.... I decided to try a new way of transfer. Well, new to me anyway. Has anyone tried this. Let me know.

 I thought that tissue paper, the ordinary kind you use for wrapping and lining boxes, would work. Since it is very thin, using Mod Podge, just might work.

I used a rotary cutter that I have for quilting projects to cut the paper to the size of computer paper. 

Then I carefully taped all around the edges to a piece of card stock, for stability in the printer.

I printed my image from Graphics Fairy. 
Isn't she just wonderful!

I carefully cut around as much of the image as I could. Then Using a foam brush, I coated the area with Mod Podge. Then I VERY CAREFULLY applied the tissue over the medium. It can easily tear and it did, but I was able to patch it pretty well.


Let it dry completely and then add additional coats of MP. The directions say to sand with 400 grit paper and use fine steel wool, but I haven't done that yet.


I think this looks much better, do you?

Peace and joy to you!


♥charlotte

Part 2 of my sewing table - FINI!

Hi Blogging Buddies! Although this table didn't quite turn out the way I expected, I learned a few things.

1. Nothing is as easy as it seems.

2. Citra Solve, a great product, doesn't do well on painted wood. When I used it to transfer a laser print, it actually "bubbled" the paint. That is a technical term. You knew that.

And  the ink ran, a lot.

3. Listen when a fellow blogger says she doesn't think that a laser print will work well on painted wood. I never listen...I just go ahead and do it anyway. I know, I am not too smart.

4. Distressing and a little dark wax can hide a multitude of errors.

Since the transfer was really pale, I had to use a paint pen to fill in the letters.

For the girl with her dress pattern, I had to go to Hobby Lobby and find a fine point artist pen and painstakingly go over each little line that I could detect. And it didn't look too bad. 

It is good to learn from your mistakes, right?

Now, on to those chairs in my sun room next!  See you soon!

Have a wonderful weekend!

♥charlotte