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1. Pre-wash Banner in Synthrapol, line dry, iron to prepare for waxing.
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2. Choose design. We chose a simple flower from the Matsuya Japanese Crest
Designs CD-ROM and Book. Put the CD in your computer and choose the number of
your design. On your computer you can enlarge the design or shrink it in order
to have flowers of different sizes on your banner. Print the designs.
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3. Plug in the Melting Pot, put in about 3 Tablespoons of Melt Art Beeswax and
set Temperature to recommended setting for beeswax - never leave unattended.
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4. Place the printed flowers underneath the banner and trace onto the fabric
with the Vanishing Fabric Marker. Free-hand draw the vine serpentine up the
banner around the flowers, draw in the leaves freehand.
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5. Take a Sumi Brush and paint in the flower petals with the melted wax making
sure that the wax penetrates the surface of the fabric. The wax should make
the fabric look soaked if it is applied correctly. You can test the
temperature of the wax on a scrap of fabric first to see if it's ready to work
with. Also have a piece of paper towel handy to keep the brush from dripping
the wax where you don't want it.
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6. With a smaller brush paint with wax over the vine outline and fill in the leaves.
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7. Prepare your dye bath with the Fuchsia Red #13 Procion dye using the tub
dyeing method. Place the banner in the dye bath and stir occasionally. Follow
the tub dyeing directions. Rinse out excess dye, hand wash in synthrapol with
very warm water.
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8. Place the banner in boiling water loosely. Place rocks to hold fabric below
surface and keep temperature on low for 30 mins. Turn off heat and let cool
overnight. You should see a layer of wax on the surface of the water by the
next day. Remove the wax and lift material out of the container and rinse. If
there is any wax left on the fabric you can do the boil method again or try
removing the wax by ironing the fabric between two sheets of absorbent paper
or scrap fabric.
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9. Prepare the dye bath with Procion Dye #1 Lemon Yellow using the tub dyeing
method. Place the banner in the dye bath and follow the instructions. Rinse
out excess dye and wash in the washing machine with hot water and synthrapol.
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10. After your banner is dried you may want to add some sparkle. We took the
Jones Tones Glitter Glue and Jones Tones Glitter, outlined the star of the
banner's tail and sprinkled the glitter on it. - Put it up in your front yard
to let them know where the party is!
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