Oliso Pro Steam Iron TG1600

I was so busy looking at the title in the last post, that I uploaded without fixing it or telling you about the Oliso Pro Steam Iron TG1600′s Auto Shut off.  It doesn’t shut off for 30 minutes,  that’s half an hour!  I love my former iron, but really I like the idea of not having to wait all the time for it to heat up!

 

This is the new Sulky Book  Sew, Craft, Quilt and Embroider Confidently.  WE launched it here in Canada at the Creativ Festival.  This newest book from Sulky includes over 35 different types of fabrics embroidered and their recipes for success!  A bonus CD with extra projects and wonderful, favorite food recipes from some of the contributing sewing stars!  It’s just packed with Sewing, quilting and embroidering tips and hints from all your favorite sewing celebrities.

This too is available on our site

www.joannescreativenotions.com $33.95 CDN  The regular price is $36.95

Have a great afternoon.  Joanne

Oliso Oliso Pro Steam Iron TG1600

Well This is just the coolest Iron I’ve used in ages.

I Love the Yellow Colour

Oliso Pro Steam Iron TG1600.  As soon as you plug it in these little legs extend and raise the sole plate off your ironing board.  You never really got the full effect of this watching Fons & Porter.  The Iron heats up quite quickly.  The spray is  fine mist.  It doesn’t soak the fabric.  The steam is adjustable.

The water port is on the side. in the middle of the body.  There is a slide to guide the water neatly into the tank and also help you drain the water tank when you are finished.  Something I know we all do religiously.

The Oliso Pro Steam Iron TG1600 is available on our web site for $188.00.  Our 10% discount will be applied to this price at check out ($169.00). We don’t have a lot in stock and the supplier is saying there aren’t an awful lot available right now.  If you really want one for Christmas, this might be a good time to buy it, before I sell out.
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I think I am going to have to find a project to work on this afternoon.  (I should say pick a project off the list).  Maybe I should choose one out of the new Sulky Book Sew, Craft, Quilt and Embroider Confidently.  Or work with the new sulky stabilizers  The Sticky Fabri- Solvy  and Soft’nSheer Extra.
Be Safe
Joanne

 

 

Silk Screen Class, Oliso Iron & New Product

Wow!  We are always busy here.  This weekend was the first time in a while I did something for my self for the entire weekend. Catherine Goetz and I spent all day Saturday and Sunday with Gunnel Hag of Colour Vie fame in her workshop learning how to screen print!   Gunnel is an amazing artist and instructor. Her paints are environmentally friendly.
We learned all the basics of screen printing using basic newsprint to create stencils and art. Sunday we learned all about Photo Emulsion and various techniques to design art for your screen.  Gunnel shot a screen for each of us which we printed in the afternoon.   This is the screen I printed.  The art is a Diane Ericson Stencil.  I’m sure you can buy it directly from her.
We all take our cameras and intend to take pictures, but it just doesn’t happen because we get so wrapped up in our work.
B.T.W.  I left my lint roller at home and sure enough there was cat hair on the first piece of fabric I pulled out to print.

Mean while today it’s back to the real world.  The Oliso Irons arrived on Friday.  This is THE IRON you see on the Fons & Porter PBS programs.  New Lumiere paints, paintstik stencils, more texture magic and the new lighter weight Lutradur also arrived.  I will take a break from adding the Sulky threads to the site and add these today.
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Tomorrow I’ll write about my new 12 needle Babylock Embellisher.  I printed a few pieces this weekend that I’d like to embellish on top.  Now I have the proper machine.
Enjoy and Be Careful! Joanne

Why a Lint Roller?

People look at me in an odd way when I suggest a lint brush as a work room essential. Beyond the basics of removing loose threads, dusting off pieces of fabric that have been in your stash longer than you realized, or someone dumps in something that is excessively fluffy, your pets will always find a way to leave a mark on your creative masterpieces.

This piece of white, naturally, 100 cotton, being prepped for some painting was out no more than 15 seconds when our grey long feline felt he needed to nap on this clean surface.  He didn’t even wait for it to be pressed.

I’ve heard dog hair has a tendency to mysteriously jump on to fabric too.  It’s very important if you are planning on running fabric through a printer, using gels to transfer images or painting that  you remove the loose pet hair and loose threads from your fabric before you start the transfer process.  These stray hairs and threads will leave an impression in your image that you probably won’t be able to cover up easily, just because.
A simple Lint Roller can eliminate disappointment.

That’s my lesson for today.
Watch for the new Sulky® book, Chakoner and a few other new items on the site in the next few days.

Joanne