Dear Chicago House,
Remember that stencil I won and used to create a piece of art work for my office,
well I have been itching to have a go at stenciling some fabric ever since.
When I tore the disgusting drapes down from your windows when we first moved in, I had plans for selling them. But there were no takers ( surprise surprise!) so I salvaged all the lining and tossed the 1980's curtains.
Now this stash of white fabric has been quite useful. I have already used it to make some Word Art pillows and it was the perfect fabric to have a play around with my stencil.
I gave the fabric a good iron and taped in onto a large wooden board ( a piece of crappy old basement paneling) Stenciling onto fabric was a lot easier that working on paper as I suffered no edge bleed.
I worked with just a single color - just a regular acrylic craft paint. Once the paint was dry I gave the fabric another good iron to fix the paint. To be honest I don't know for certain how well this will stand the test of time but what I do know is if I ever get any acrylic art paint on my clothes it NEVER washes out.
I cut out two 19" squares and quickly ran up a pillow cover on my sewing machine.
Pillow magic and as Mr Chicago House said, diamonds are forever, I think he liked it!
Love from
Creative in Chicago
XX
Remember that stencil I won and used to create a piece of art work for my office,
well I have been itching to have a go at stenciling some fabric ever since.
When I tore the disgusting drapes down from your windows when we first moved in, I had plans for selling them. But there were no takers ( surprise surprise!) so I salvaged all the lining and tossed the 1980's curtains.
Now this stash of white fabric has been quite useful. I have already used it to make some Word Art pillows and it was the perfect fabric to have a play around with my stencil.
I gave the fabric a good iron and taped in onto a large wooden board ( a piece of crappy old basement paneling) Stenciling onto fabric was a lot easier that working on paper as I suffered no edge bleed.
I worked with just a single color - just a regular acrylic craft paint. Once the paint was dry I gave the fabric another good iron to fix the paint. To be honest I don't know for certain how well this will stand the test of time but what I do know is if I ever get any acrylic art paint on my clothes it NEVER washes out.
I cut out two 19" squares and quickly ran up a pillow cover on my sewing machine.
Pillow magic and as Mr Chicago House said, diamonds are forever, I think he liked it!
Love from
Creative in Chicago
XX
Love that idea & the pillow (cushion!) looks great! I have a stencil that's been sitting in the closet for months but perhaps I will bust it out and get ma pillow on. Or something.
ReplyDeletePillow , cushion...Lizzy I have been in the States so long now I don't know which is the British version anymore. My trash is still rubbish and my trash can is still a bin though!
DeleteWhat a great idea! I just bought a canvas to stencil on...hoping my "art" looks as good as yours!
ReplyDeleteThank you for popping by HouseTalkN!
Kerry
oooh I'd love to see the finished creation!
DeleteSo totally cute! Love that the stencil is a small graphic pattern, simple & modern with a touch of retro feel ... think that style of stencil works really well to create a fabric pattern. You did a great job creating art with the stencil as well. Hard to believe from the photo that your house was dark, brown and boring when you bought it ... so airy and fresh in the photo today :)
ReplyDeleteRobin
happilyhomeafter.blogspot.com
I LOVE it! I feel like I commented last night ... but woke up and it's not here. Maybe it was a dream. lol I said that I'm getting ready to try to paint some fabric. Yours came out awesome!!! Thank you for linking up!!
ReplyDeleteI want to paint some fabric now - this is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you showed off your skills at our Color party.
Kelly
Zoe,
ReplyDeleteI really love this pillow! Such a fabulous idea. I've been thinking of doing some stenciling on fabric too ...
And thanks for linking up to our color party! And see how quickly I'm making it through the links ...
:)
Linda