Comments on: Wipe-Clean Toddler Placemat Tutorial

By: Lisa Keegan

Lisa Keegan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:48:37 +0000

This is a really nice idea – might link to it from my blog as I think readers would love this idea!

By: Test-Freak

Test-Freak — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:46:03 +0000

Sometimes it’s really that simple, isn’t it? I feel a little stupid for not thinking of this myself/earlier, though.

By: Fern

Fern — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:30:23 +0000

John – I created the header image myself in photoshop, but using brushes designed by Jen of Pixels and Ice Cream, please see here for my post about her site

Jo – I’ve seen the iron on vinyl at SL and it seemed very overpriced, although I am curious to test it out on some aprons, as I know that this technique wouldn’t live up the the abuse that a kid’s painting apron would get. The non-sticky side of the laminate didn’t seem to bond very well – it would release the fabric as soon as it cooled, but I did think that with some fusible interfacing in between the sheets you could probably skip the binding process. I also want to get my hands on a laminating machine and see how it goes with fabric

That said, I’ve found the binding is fairly useful for catching stray crumbs that sneak off the edge.

By: Jo at Sparkly Green Knickers

Jo at Sparkly Green Knickers — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:53:36 +0000

Genius!! I would never have thought of contact paper! I have forked out for the iron-on vinyl before, and was a little disappointed by it, but this looks like it will do pretty much the same job for much much less.

Have you tried bonding the contact to both sides of the fabric? Then you could probably just cut the mat to size and skip the binding step for a very quick and easy place mat. Just a thought….

By: John the Pirate - arrrrr!

John the Pirate - arrrrr! — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:51:54 +0000

Good post, I like your writing style! I’ve added http://craftblog.com.au/ to my feed reader, and will be reading your posts from now on. Just a quick question – did you design your header image yourself, or have it done professionally? If you had it done by a professional, who was it?