Project designed by Mary O'Neil.
Materials:
two pieces book board or foam board approximately 5" x 7"
decorative lightweight paper approximately 1/2 inch smaller than the book board
velvet - the pieces of velvet need to be about one inch larger than the book board. The velvet must be rayon-acetate velvet. This fabric can be found in most fabric stores but if you cannot locate it, the colors shown are available from Hot Potatoes. Under no conditions use velvet that contains any nylon. The nylon can burn easily and can come out over time.
Hot Potatoes rubber stamps
- TO88 Poinsettia
- O094 Big Holly
- S099 Christmas Tree
- L325 Pine Cone
- G084 Snowflake 3
- Q317 Snowflake Tres
- O316 Snowflake Dos
iron - the fewer steam holes the better
spray water bottle
one yard decorative ribbon
40" x 4-7/8" piece of card stock - Smaller accordions can be made but an even number of panels is always necessary.
double-sided adhesive sheets
double-sided tape
glue
Hot Potatoes - Velvet Accordion Book Kit #AC - optional
Steps:
- Now the fun begins. Plan the embossing design for the velvet fabric. A random pattern where the design can be topsy-turvy works best. Place the stamp on the work surface with rubber image facing up (figure A). Position the velvet, right side down, onto the rubber image of the stamp. Very lightly mist the fabric. Mist a fairly large area to avoid having to mist over areas that have already been embossed later on. Using a hot iron (cotton setting), press onto the velvet covering the stamp image (figure B). You do not want the iron steam holes to hit the stamp because it can create little holes in the design. Hold the iron over the design for approximately 20 or 30 seconds. The design will show through the back of the fabric. Lift the fabric off the stamp to reveal the design (figure C).
- Fold the long piece of card stock into eight panels forming an accordion shape. If your board is 5" x 7" then your card stock needs to be 40" x 4-7/8".
- Place the embossed velvet wrong side up on the work surface. Peel the backing off the double-sided adhesive sheets. Carefully adhere the sheets to the fabric.
- Place a piece of the book board in the center of the adhesive on the velvet. Cut the inch from the corner point (figure D). Trim the excess velvet to 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch around the rest of the book board.
- Fold and wrap the piece of embossed velvet over the board, making sure the front side is free of wrinkles.
- Choose the side that is to be the back and coat it with the glue (yes, glue) or double-sided tape. Find the halfway point of the ribbon and position it so the halfway point lands in the very center of the glue-covered book board. Guest Mary O'Neil prefers for the ribbon to go horizontally across the shortest measurement of the book board.
- Adhere the folded accordion card stock over the book board with the ribbon attached. This is the back cover. Apply glue to the other piece of the book board. Press to other end of accordion paper (figure E). Tie the ribbon in a fussy bow in front of the book (figure F), securing the book closed.
- Check immediately to see that book opens correctly. If it doesn't, the glue is still wet so it can be re-adhered if necessary.
Embossing Tips:
- Hot Potatoes developed the velvet embossing technique and guarantees its stamps for heat embossing on velvet. Rubber stamps used for embossing need to be bold, deeply etched, and held together with glue that will not melt under intense heat.
- If the iron is too hot, the fabric will stick to the iron. Turn the iron temperature down slightly to remedy this.
- You will need to iron the fabric until the area is completely dry so don't mist too heavily.
- If the steam holes in the iron are creating impressions, be careful with placement of the iron. You can move the iron to prevent these marks from showing on the velvet.
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