Tarn Flower Ring - By Carmi
T-shirt
strips stretched into t-shirt yarn is known as Tarn.
Thank
you to WESTCOTT for inviting me to design a series of Tarn projects.
At the side of this blog is a link section to all my Tarn projects. Also, if you google “TARN” or “t-shirt yarn” you won’t
believe all the great samples and how-to’s you will find.
You
need pins, fabric glue, tarn and some felt to start.
About two feet of tarn will
roll/twist into the flower shape I really like. I pin my flower as I shape it.
It
usually takes 4-5 pins to hold my flower shape together.
I
decide which is the front side and flip the “tail” to the backside.
I
cut a piece of felt, which will cover the back of my flower. I do this by eye and when I am happy
that my felt shape will cover the back I get ready to glue.
I
try to apply my glue to the back everywhere but along the edges. When you press the felt circle in
place…glue squishes to the sides and this way I don’t have glue visible.
See…no
glue along the edge!
When
my glue is firmly in place (3-4 minutes) I remove the pins.
I try and let the flower dry over night.
I try and let the flower dry over night.
A
ring blank (shown) or pin bar is ideal to turn the flower into something wearable. You can buy these at a craft store or
recycle a ring you no longer wear.
Hot glue is best to attach metal to felt, so I use a glue gun.
Hot glue is best to attach metal to felt, so I use a glue gun.
Would you like to make a "tarn rose ring" with me?
I will be running a make and take at two events this fall.
On Friday October 12 from 1-4pm I am at The Creativ Festival in Toronto in the CRAFTING FOR A CURE BOOTH.
November 2/3 I'll be at Cropfest in Cambridge in the Westcott Booth.
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