Bo-Nash Bonding Agent 007 

Bo-Nash Bonding Powder is a great way to apply embellishments and ideal for surface design.  Use your imagination and you can create your own masterpieces using your ‘stashes’, leftovers, foils, tinsel, Angelina fibers, soy fibers paper, ribbons, etc.

The great thing is that there is no one way.  You can do it anyway you want.  The more abstract, sometimes is the better.  Experiment, play and most of all have fun.  YOU make the ordinary, extraordinary.

Fantasy Fabrics

Use base material as a ‘backdrop’ to your art.  Ideal materials; lame, or metallics,

Decide on a color scheme and put together bits of fabric, tinsel, threads, wool, glitter, and whatever takes your fancy. Sprinkle a layer of Bonding Powder over area of base fabric and then arrange your ‘bits & pieces’ over the fabric area.  Add more powder. Cover with the Bo-Nash Ironing Sheet and iron with hot iron.  Lift away ironing sheet very carefully (some parts may stick).  To capture your design a layer of tulle or chiffon can be laid over the top of your ‘bits & pieces’.  This makes it easier to free motion quilt or embroider through your design.   

Landscape designs and 3-D techniques

Decide on colors needed to make design.  Use backdrop fabric in the color of your choice and chop up fabric into small swatches or pieces off colors for each area of design.  Sprinkle powder over area.  Lay chopped pieces on top of powder in whatever design you require.  Add a little more powder.  Lay the Bo-Nash Ironing Sheet over the area to fuse and iron with hot iron.  Remove ironing sheet carefully.  Free motion quilt through design.  You will not gum up needle. 

 Foiling

You can use stencils or work on abstract designs.

With Stencils- 1 Lay down stencil 2 Sprinkle powder over stencil area 3 Lay over Bo-Nash Ironing Sheet and iron on hot to melt the powder. 4 Remove Ironing Sheet and stencil carefully 5 Lay cellophane foil over melted powder with color side up  6 Cover with Bo-Nash Ironing Sheet and iron on medium heat over area 7 Gently remove sheet and cellophane and the metallic foil will stick to the powder. 

Abstract- Sprinkle powder in any design or shape.  Then follow steps 5 - 7 above.  The more powder the more dramatic the design.