After reading "Extruding Friendly Plastic" by Liz Welch in the June 2004 WorkshopOnTheWeb publication, I was sure that my latent creativity would burst open with this new discovery. I bought a 1 pound canister of Friendly Plastic (FP) pieces of various colors and interesting markings. For days I played and experimented with it. For me, the most satisfying was sewing onto silk or polyester organza, cutting into the organza, and pushing the FP through the cut-outs. These had more interesting results than using netting or tulle. To me it seemed a perfect way to make greeting cards, so I made one, pictured here, which is a FP composition on a piece of silk organza. The high spots of the FP were embellished with Rub 'n Buff (RnB) in Silver. Applying this required a steady hand and close attention, as it was very easy to smear it where it was not wanted--I had quite a few pieces tossed for this very reason. So this smart little card was sent through the mail as a test of its endurance to my Mother--what better person to use for testing? The results were disappointing. The RnB smeared from the card onto the inside of the envelope, and the glue holding the FP piece to the silk organza to the card failed after the card was taken out. My Mother thought it was beautiful, although she was not aware of the missing silver highlights. So it did not satisfactorily survive the battering it received while in the US Postal system. I liked working with it, and being awed by the results. Since then I've considered attempting this anew, but there are so many things to do with so little time--perhaps after the quilt guild's show in April.
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