DECO MESH

Deco mesh is relatively new to the UK market. It has being around many years with crafters, but it's only recently it has really taken off as a popular item to have in the craft box. Especially for businesses like mine that create decorations and themed seasonal decor. 

Deco mesh is most widely recognised in the United states of America. It is an extremely popular material to have over in the USA, you can find it many craft stores. 

But for us UK citizens, we don't have this luxury, so for us it means we either have to import from america itself, or buy from a small stockist, that imports from america. Which means it can become extremely expensive for us small businesses trying to keep our heads afloat. 

Benefits of Deco Mesh 

1. The majority of deco mesh is waterproof, which makes it an amazing product for indoor and outdoor use. Please bare in mind their is several different types of deco mesh. deco mesh itself is plastic, and can be easily used on most things. But then there is poly deco mesh, poly burlap mesh, and the list goes on.
2. You can cut the mesh and create swirls, to create a feature within the decoration you are making, like the image above. You will need make sure you have a good pair of sharp scissors, if possible fabric scissors as they help to avoid fraying of the fabric.
3. I also have a new way of cutting the mesh and thats with a wood burning tool, this allows the material to bond back together, but please be aware this needs to be done in a ventilated area, and you will need something underneath the material that is fireproof to avoid any damage or worst case a fire. You cannot use a woodburning tool on some of the mesh, for example so the ones with metalic threads running through it will not work affectively. 
4. The colours and patterns you can use are endless, and each season more and more designs are coming out. 
5. The ways in which you use the deco mesh is endless aswell, there are so many different techniques to use with deco mesh, from the ruffle affect, swirls, wirls, but i am not a technical girl. I learn the ways of deco mesh but can never remember the technical terms. 
6. Deco mesh is amaxing for beginners to learn how to be creative with wreath and garland making, as your skills get better, you can advance to the tricker techniques. 
7. Deco mesh wreaths and garlands can last for many years, alsong as they are looked after, once they are out of storage you just need to plump them back up, and fiddle with the mesh to get it looking perfect again. 

Remember there are many different varieties of deco mesh, and the price can vary massively, the majority of the time, if its cheap you will find you have to put more work into getting it to do what you want it to do, it will more than likely fray easier, and in my experiencer you actually use more, because it is more transparent than the more expensive rolls. 

You will only figure this out with experience, and what you prefer to work with, some crafters I know hate deco mesh and cannot use it all. But for me I think it makes the decoration come to life.