VELVET STAMPING

V E L V E T   S T A M P I N G   by   Nancy Diodati

Velvet Stamping is one of the easiest projects to do.  Especially if someone is not very good with traditional inking and stamping.  I simply iron the velvet fabric facedown over a bold style rubber stamp. First I wet the fabric a little.  Since there is no ink involved so it is very clean.  All I do is mist the the back side of the velvet with water and place velvet side down onto a rubber stamp. I then use a hot iron to iron over the velvet and stamp. This leaves an imprinted image in the nap of the fabric that will never some out.  I continue to move the fabric around decorating the entire piece of velvet in this manner.

This was a plain red velvet shirt that I bought from a store.  I used a large, bold rose design rubber stamp. (I design and manufacture my own line of rubber art stamps, but I will save all that story for another blog entry.)  I moved the fabric around until it was covered with ironed roses front and back. 

I also make velvet scarves and pillows from scrap material.  I even made a beautiful bedpread using this technique.  Here are some more ideas to get the creative juices flowing:

Velvet Stamping Ideas