Fabric Ornaments
April 19, 2010 7:33 am Amy A Crafts, Home Decor, Mod Podge Projects, Paper Crafts, Projects
By General Crafts Contributor Amy, from the Blog “Mod Podge Rocks!”
Christmas is not the only time for ornaments, in my humble opinion. Spring is so fun and the weather is so nice that I created this ornament to celebrate. I think it would make a lovely home decoration, and you can even get the kids involved in this one. It was really fun and took hardly any time at all.
First you’ll need to gather these supplies:
Craft Pedlars Paper Mache Ornament
FolkArt Acrylic Paint – Calypso Sky
Fabric pieces – 2 small coordinating
Buttons – 6
Die cut machine, punch or scissors – whatever you have to make shapes
Wax paper
Paint your ornament with your base color – I used Calypso Sky. Keep rotating and painting more coats until the ornament is completely covered. Set aside to dry.
While your ornament is drying, prepare your fabric. Wash and dry it, then iron it (which I neglected to do as you can see, but it’s okay for small cutouts). Place the fabric down on a sheet of wax paper and “prepare” it using the Fabric Mod Podge. Preparing fabric with Mod Podge means to paint Mod Podge over it in a medium layer and allow to dry. Make sure to coat the entire area you are planning to use. The advantage of preparing fabric is that when you cut it, the ends won’t fray. Mod Podge both pieces and set aside to dry.
When the fabric is dry, use either a die cut machine, punch or plain ol’ scissors to cut out your flower shapes. I did the flower tops with the blue fabric and my Sizzix Big Shot, and cut the stems and leaves out of the green fabric freehand with my scissors. Do whatever inspires you!
Adhere the fabric pieces to do the ornament using Mod Podge Gloss. I used six flower shapes – three of large and three of small. I glued them down evenly spaced around the ornament. Allow to dry.
Attach the stems. You’ll see from the photo how I connected them at the bottom. Flowers across from each other shared stems, so I only had to cut out three.
I cut out leaves for the large flowers only. I adhered them to the ornament the same way I did the flower tops – by gluing them down and then putting Mod Podge over the top. Once you are done, coat the entire ornament with Mod Podge. Allow to dry for 15 – 20 minutes and then give it a second coat. Allow to dry.
Use your craft glue to adhere coordinating buttons to the center of each flower. Wait 24 hours until completely dry to display.
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Date: April 6, 2011 @ 3:08 AM
I think if people has these must be very beautiful.We women must be beautiful when go shopping .We must be charming .That is wonderful.