Vintage fabric wall art | How About Orange

August 15, 2007

Vintage fabric wall art



Here's a framed, bigger version of the bookmarks I made. Same instructions to make these: Use Canson self-adhesive paper (Blick stores are the only place I know to find it, where it's on clearance because they bought out another retailer and are trying to get rid of it). Cut shapes in it with an X-acto knife. Peel off the backing, place fabric pieces over the windows you cut, and stick on a second sheet to cover the back. Put it in a frame.

18 comments:

Marichelle said...

I'm in dire need of affordable, creative and not too complicated to make (I'm not as crafty) wall art. Thank you for this great idea!!!

Michelle said...

What a nice idea, as usual, thanks for the step by step. Beautiful

trisha said...

i love it! cheap, easy and beautiful!

tricia said...

Absolutely love these! You should put some in your shop:)

Amy said...

What a perfect idea for framing fabric remnants. I have some very old quilt blocks from my grandmother that I am never too certain ast o what to do with... this would be so perfect!

Lovely Lindsay said...

these are adorable. i continue to be impressed with all your lovely ideas. thanks for inspiring and sharing the details. love, lindsay

Anonymous said...

These are so great. I love them and now have some ideas of what to do with my left over fabrics.

Bree said...

Very cute! I wonder if you could use glue and cardstock or even felt instead of the self-adhesive paper. I might have to try it - our walls could use a little fun. Thanks for sharing your craft!

Unknown said...

so cool! beautiful idea!

Colleen said...

I love the idea and included a link to it on my blog (www.craftpad.com). Thanks so much for sharing! I enjoy reading about your crafty endeavors.

PAC said...

That's a really cool idea!

Anonymous said...

OMG! I love this - you are so clever. I am definitely going to do some version of this to use up my favorite fabric scraps!

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Anna Betts said...

ooh yummy, shapes and colours!
just wanted to let you know jess i'm tagging you in my blog today for an "8 things you don't know about me" thing, just a bit of fun, and an excuse to get more people to visit you! don't feel you have to carry it on, i'm only doing it because i'm sucha loser with time on my hands...xx

Blogging Masterclass said...

This is great, much like that DARLING bookmark that you sent to me (thank you by the way, I loved the card/bookmark gesture, VERY NICE).

xo
Holly

Anonymous said...

Very clever.
And super cute. :)

Vineeta said...

This one's so good looking! I love the differnt textures & fabrics in one design/frame :)

Jessica Jones said...

Yeah, I'm too lazy to make a quilt, so this is the next best thing for putting fun fabrics together without spending hours and hours.