Sunday, October 12, 2008

plastic bag fusing

prepare the bags
1. Cut the handles, bottoms, and one side off plastic bags, so the make one sheet.

2. Stack 6-8 layers of plastic bags depending on thickness. Too few will create burn holes. Too many wont heat evenly.

iron
3. Place 2 sheets of parchment paper on either side of plastic layers. It is best to keep the printed designs on the inside
or the ink will melt everywhere.

4. Set the iron to rayon. When hot, keep the iron moving. You will need to play with the timing to find best results.

5. After you are done with one side flip it over and
repeat on the other side.

before you know it.....

viola! fused plastic.

1 comment:

coffee crusader said...

This is SOOOOO cool! I've been wanting to learn how to do this...thanks for posting the instructions. :-)
(Have you seen where people cut the plastic bags in a spiral and then crochet/knit the strips?...it's a neat re-use process...I'll see if I can find an online link.)