Last week I finally unrolled and peeled the rusting fabric from the rusty metal pie tins and muffin pans and unrolled the steel wool and fabric copper wire wrapped roll. I rinsed it, scrubbed it with a scrub brush, washed it with Paverpol, dried it and pressed it. 
It's really cool.
All in all, it sat outside for about 16 days. I had a glitch that prevented me from getting to it over the weekend as planned, so I did it one evening, in the pouring rain. Since it's a wet process, it was fine. I got soaked to the skin, something I haven't done for years. It was rather fun.
These are post-ironing detail pix. I took some quick pre-ironing photos of the entire fabric pieces that are up on my Flickr page. I only made one shot of each. Both sides of the fabric are interesting and quite different. I really enjoyed ironing them--I made sure to do both sides and to really spend time looking at them.
This one, above, was the copper-wire wrapped one. It had some striking green and blue areas before washing. They're gone now. A few small turquoise streaks remain. It also has some holes from deterioration from the metals. I found a fairie, an owl, and an angel in the marbling--it's like looking at clouds.
Right now I'm still in the "precious" stage, where I'm too enamored of the fabric to think about cutting it up and actually using it. I'm trying to get past that and try to envision it pieced or patched. I tell myself I still have those tins and can make more if I want. It's fun to do.
