Gold Foil and Misty Fuse - Part One

I have never been a fan of Misty Fuse, give me Bondaweb anyday, but I was given some recently so I decided to have a go at a technique from an article by Brenda Weeks 'Bonding on the Web' in the September 2003 issue of Workshop on the Web.
(Yes, I print them off and keep them in lever arch files and I often flick through them for a bit of inspiration.)
Brenda had used Bondaweb to great effect so I guessed I could get the same results with Misty Fuse.

I started off with plain white Misty Fuse. I laid one piece on to a used piece of Bondaweb backing paper and layered it with Angelina Fibres (hot fix and standard), metallic threads and snippets of Irise film.

I then covered this with another sheet of Misty Fuse.

Another used sheet of Bondaweb backing paper was laid on top and pressed with a warm iron.
This was left to cool completely before removing the ‘sandwich’.
This is a close up of the ‘front’ of the ironed piece.

And this is the ‘back’.
The piece was laid onto a backing of Solufleece before being machine stitched in a zig zag pattern. I decided I preferred the back to be uppermost.
Gold Fibre in-Form foil was ironed on to the top after machining, with the iron set on the wool setting. If the iron is too hot foiling will not work. I also use a piece of baking parchment over the top of the foil before ironing in case I have any sticky bits on the sole plate – you can see in one of the photos above how mucky my flat iron is.
The sandwich was then immersed in hot water to dissolve the Solufleece.
The colours that showed through when the piece was in the water were amazing, I just had to try and photograph it. Just ignore the plug hole.
And this is a close up.
This is what the piece looked like once it had dried.
I then zapped it with a heat gun but I must admit, I preferred it before.

For the next sample I painted some Misty Fuse with thin acrylic paint. I made the mistake of laying it on a piece of ordinary drawing paper before painting. Consequently when it was dry I had a bit of a job pulling it away from the paper without it tearing. The next piece I painted I laid on freezer paper – works a treat.
This is what the Misty Fuse looks like once the paint is dry and is removed from the paper.

I made another ‘sandwich’ using the same ingredients as before but this time I ironed it directly onto a piece of black velvet before machining. I’m not sure how the acrylic paint would have reacted if I had used Solufleece when it came to the dissolving stage. Gold Fibre in-Form foil was fused on the top.

I machine stitched a close zig zag on half of this piece…
And put a layer of organza then used the embellisher on the other half.
I then zapped the whole piece. This is a close up of the zapped organza.....

And this is a close up of the zapped machine stitched half.
The next sample, same as before but this time using black Misty Fuse. This is the front after zapping.
And this is the back.
This sample is made up of a layer of Black Misty Fuse, a layer of gold coloured organza, Angelina Fibres, a layer of Irise film and lastly another layer of Misty Fuse.
Once again I machined directly onto this without the Solufleece.
This is the front.

The back looked very dull and dreary so I also used gold foil on this side.

Finally, in this last sample all I have used is a sheet of Irise film sandwiched between two sheets of Misty Fuse. I machined single pin tucks along the front of the piece before bonding the foil on top.
In this close up you can just about see the network of black lines from the webbing.