This week’s craft is effortless: wall art! It’s an easy way to update a wall, and you can painlessly swap prints as often as you would like.
Supplies
Canvas! Craft stores usually sell inexpensive beginner/value pack canvases . The canvas used above is 16″x12″. For those of you who are more ambitious, you can build your own wooden frame with wood and nails. But I’m a sloth, and that route demands too much effort.
Fabric! Choosing the fabric will probably take longer than assembling the wall art. Below is a sample of fabrics that I’ve used. The left is an OLIVIA (!) print from eQuilter, which I picked for a friend who loves Olivia. The print on the right is Joel Dewberry’s “Sparrows.” If you don’t live near a good fabric store, eQuilter (Quilters. LOVE. FABRIC) and REPRODEPOT FABRICS have great selections.
Iron!
Stapler!
Steps
1. Cut fabric so that there is an inch of fabric around each side of the frame.
2. Iron fabric.
3. Turn canvas over, and staple the fabric to the frame. Make sure that the fabric is taut (and not crooked)! Yes, my staples are purple. Five years ago I had an essay to staple, and no staples. I went to the school store, and discovered that everyone else had ALSO ran out of staples. The lonely staples that remained? Purple. Since boxes of staples seem to last eons, purple staples will scar my documents FOREVER.
4. You’re done! Hang your new creation on the wall.
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7 Responses for "A Quick Present For Your Wall!!!"
What a good idea! And so easy too =)
Thanks, Nicole! If you try it, let me know how it goes!
Sweet! I love fabric, but never seem to want to do anything with it (I just like having it around, I guess), so this would be a perfect way to art it up! I’m getting ready to use the pre-made canvases for magazine collage, myself. We’ll see how it goes!
Jaka- I’m the same way! I sometimes come across fabric so neat that I feel guilty cutting it. I also don’t own a sewing machine, so more advanced projects are not feasible.
You reminded me of another similar project. Instead of using a canvas, you can staple fabric to a thick foam board, and make a collage board. Hooray!
This is such a great idea because there are so many awesome fabrics in the world and all you want to do is just look at them, not wear them in a weird hawaiian shirt or whatever, and so why not put them on your wall?! Additionally, similar structures cost like $40 at UO. Finally, the first thing I noticed when I opened the page was Olivia’s profile!
Yea! I love that Olivia print, because it features all of Olivia’s talents! (baton twirling, painting, scootering, etc.)
S&D should do interior decorating! I’d hire you gals.
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