fabric covered frame
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Designer: Kendra McCracken
One of my favorite things to do when I go shopping in a craft and hobby store or home decor store is to look at the endless options in photo frames. I love that there are so many possibilities to enhance our favorite photos and coordinate with the decor in our homes.
One of my all-time favorite photos is one I took of my son, who is now 14, when he was 5. Inspired by all those frames I love to look at, I decided I wanted to create a frame for it that had a relaxed, rustic feel. A variety of fabrics, a few hand-stitches, and some old buttons left me with exactly what I wanted. The softness of the frayed fabrics and the neutral colors enhance the sepia tone of the photo wonderfully.
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Instructions
(Print version)
1. Begin by tracing around both the opening and the outside of a frame onto a large piece of muslin.
2. Using a Fiskars acrylic ruler and the 45mm Comfort Grip Rotary Trimmer, cut around the traced lines, adding 1/4" to each edge.
3. Adhere the fabric from the previous step to the frame. If the frame has a glossy finish, you may want to first sand it to ensure a good adhesion.
4. Fray the excess fabric on the outside of the frame, glue down the excess around the opening.
5. For each flower, use the Circles Shape Template to trace the 2 smallest circles onto the backside of various fabrics.
6. Use the No. 8 Razor Edged Scissors to cut out the circles.
7. Soak the fabric circles in a bowl of water.
8. Crumple the circles and rub them between your fingers to wrinkle and fray the material. You can speed up the drying process by using an iron. Be sure to keep the circles crumpled when you do this. Don't flatten them.
9. Use a needle and thread to baste a circle in the center of each circle. The closer you stitch to the edge of the circle, the smaller your flower will be. Create blooms by layering a smaller circle over a larger one and stitching them together with a button. Adhere the blooms to the fabric covered frame.
10. Stamp a scrap piece of fabric using the Vintage Farmhouse stamp set. Adhere this to the lower center portion of the frame. Now you're ready to add your favorite photo.
supplies:
12 Inch x 18 Inch Mat # 12-83707097
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_12x18mat.aspx
3.5 x 18.5 Acrylic Ruler # 12-87287097
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_35-x-185-acrylic-ruler.aspx
45 mm Comfort Grip Rotary Cutter # 12-97937097 http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_45-mm-comfort-grip-rotary-cutter.aspx
ShapeTemplate™ Tool - Circles-1 w/Scallop Border # 48507097 http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_shapetemplate-tool-circles-1-wsca.aspx
No. 8 Razor-Edged™ Scissors # 94547097
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_no-8-razor-edged-scissors.aspx
Vintage Farmhouse – 8 inch X 8 inch # 01-004665 http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_stamps8x8-farmhouse.aspx
other: approximately 8" x 10" piece of muslin, thread, scraps of fabric, buttons, brown stamping ink, liquid adhesive such as Mod Podge.
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