Tyvek Play Time

Tyvek Play Day

After some dutiful sewing on a landscape quilt I needed to play so tried some ideas with Tyvek. In my mind the butterfly was going to be         beautifully iridescent with the outline left after pressing/melting away the stitched on Tyvek applique. However, not to my liking but wondering if it would work the reverse way. Melt the painted Tyvek and then cut shapes and applique, hmmm. Also in the photo is the product used in house construction to see how it might differ from the product envelopes which are much lighter in weight. At this point I don’t see a significant difference in how it melts or how much heat it took to bubble the envelope and the house wrap. Note: not all housewrap is Tyvek and some only hardens into an ugly impenetrable blob when heat is applied. More experimentation needed!