Scenes from a Seaside Home

In an earlier post I said I would share some info on fabric paper. Here it is at it's most basic.

A copy of a photo, and some white fabric.

 Some PVA glue mixed with a minimum of water, and a plastic tray.

Cover the fabric in glue.

Lay the paper on top and also cover in glue.

Now there are a few points to remember. The ink will run (this is a print from an ink jet printer), but you can keep it to a minimum by not too much water in your glue and not over brushing. You will have a few wrinkles and a bit of blurring but I am happy with that.

A simple fast way to get an image onto a piece.

This is what I did with mine.

I put it onto some wadding, added a few strips, and then added stitch.

Now I have a great "random zig zag" stitch on my sewing machine that I like to edge things with sometimes. Like me, you probably end up with something like this when you zig zag an edge.

After trimming this is what I do.

I add a touch of paint (or sometimes glue or acrylic gel medium) all along the edge, to neaten everything up.

It works a treat!

If you want to learn more about the delights of fabric paper I can highly recommend this book.

Stitch Alchemy by Kelli Perkins is like a comic for grown ups, and I mean that in the best sense. It is so full of colour, it is a real feast for the eyes and packed with ideas for making and using fabric paper. I love browsing through my copy.