Lutrador sample packs
Sample packs are made up of white only Lutrador in 3 weights.
In each pack you will receive:-
1 sheet of lightweight 30cm x 50cm
1 piece 30cms x 50cms Medium weight and
1 piece 30cms x 50 cms heavy weight
the amounts shown will give you plenty of product to work with for many projects. If you want to print on it just cut to size for your printer... it is just that easy!
The picture for this product is an example of what can be produced with Lutrador. The only limit is your imagination.
Lutrador is an exciting new textile for artists and designers of fibre art, you can sew it, spray it, glue it, embroider it, and it does not fray at the edges.
The special spun bonding process provides a material that has a random structure, consisting of fine polyester filaments, and is rapidly becoming an ideal medium for textile art within the art world.
Imagine a cloth that is as easy to work with as cotton, with a slight sheen, almost like silk, semi transparent like silk organza, that doesn’t fray, is easy to colour and work with. Impossible? Not any more! Its name is Lutradur, and it’s now available for textile art right now.
The polyester non woven fabrics come in weights ranging from 30gm up to 130gm. Ideal for fibre art Lutradur is heat tolerant enough for transfer dyeing without melting using an iron, yet can also be melted with a heat gun or soldering iron to distress and distort it. It can be painted with acrylic, textile or silk paints, accepts image transfers, even beeswax, easily and quickly. Ideal for quilting, embroidery and paper art applications such as scrapbooking and altered books
Lutrador - all you ever wanted to know
What Is It?
Lutradur is a 100% polyester spun bond non-woven translucent web. At first glance it has similar qualities to dressmakers interfacing but its unique spun woven structure makes it see through in nature and its a bit stiffer. It comes in a variety of different weights; the thinner the material, the easier it is to see through it.
Some Features
It is the perfect medium for many crafting, sewing, quilting and scrap booking, three dimensional wall art and ideal as an ink jet-printing medium to do or complete fabulous projects. It’s a truly versatile material. It doesn’t fray, has a slight sheen, is see through (see above), can be combined with all other types of material, can be painted, dyed, distressed with a soldering iron or heat gun, glued, stitched, embroidered…there are no limits to what you can do with Lutradur! It is also suitable for paper arts, such as making books, altered books, card making, Artist’s Trading Cards (ATCs) and postcards.
Can I run it through the printer?
The heavier weights of Lutradur can be run through the printer without backing paper; however, because of the structure of the material, some of the ink is inevitably lost . The lighter weights can be run through attached to freezer paper; again, the lighter the paper, the greater the ink loss. However experimentation with your printer settings is worthwhile. Hint- it is best to print using the DRAFT setting... it is not reccomended you use a laser printer for this fabric
What kind of dyes can I use with Lutradur?
LUTRADUR absorbs dyes, paint and inks to create a surface that filters light for some fabulous effects. Disperse dyes are suitable for dyeing lutradur. These dyes are painted onto paper and then transferred by ironing the dye onto the material. They are also available in crayon form. Also Dyeing with liquid dyes in a spray bottle or painting works well. You heat set with an iron.
What about paints?
LUTRADUR will absorb paints and inks to create a surface that filters light for some wonderful effects. If it works on cloth, it’ll work on Lutradur! However, if you use thick paint, you will lose the see through nature of the cloth. Better to work with washes of paint. Neopacks and Twinlkers work fabulously...
And inks?
Absolutely. Pens and pencils, too.
Can I use my embellisher on it?
Lutradur makes a great base cloth for the embellisher, but it can’t be felted onto other cloth.
Can I use heat to distress Lutradur?
Yes you can. It can be heat set up to 400 degrees F. It is possible to use both a heat gun and soldering iron for distressed effects; it takes the heat of a hot iron in the transfer dyeing process, but if you leave the iron on the material too long, you can also produce a distressed effect, sometimes when you didn’t intend it! You can melt it, singe it, or cut into it with a heat tool creating some really extraordinary effects.
How does Lutradur withstand intense machine stitching?
Depends on the weight of Lutradur you are using, and how you are using it. As with any other fabric, the lighter the weight, the more distortion is likely when you stitch intensively into an area. The heavier weights will take a lot of stitching; the lighter weights, if fused onto a supporting material (which would be visible through the lutradur), can also be stitched like this. It can be used for embellishments and embroidering, and will carry embellishments such as photos, beads, rhinestones for a 3 dimensional look.
Can you stitch Lutradur by hand?
Of course. Hand stitching will add another dimension in texture.
Can I print on it?
Yes. Using pigment inks works best.
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