Easy, Inexpensive Wall Art With Fabric Scraps (Tutorial)
Crafts & Tutorials, Fun Stuff — By Lindsey on August 9, 2010 at 12:01 am
I have quite a bit of that lovely designer Michael Miller fabric that I made my throw pillows from (which I absolutely love and use every day!), so I decided to use some of it to make coordinating wall decor. And it was SO easy and cheap! The embroidery hoops I bought at Joann Fabrics were about 99 cents each. And Joann’s also was/is having a flannel sale with flannel only $2.79 a yard and fat quarter sale with fat quarters only 99 cents – this would be such a cute nursery decor project!
How To:
Materials needed: Fabric scraps, sewing scissors, and embroidery hoops.
Step 1: Assemble your materials!
Optional: Paint your embroidery hoop. You can also purchase brightly colored plastic hoops for only about a dollar or two more.
Step 2: Loosen the screw on top of the embroider hoop, then take the embroidery hoop apart and place the smaller hoop underneath the fabric and the larger hoop on top. Put them back together, keeping the fabric taut. Tighten screw again.
Step 3: Cut the excess material around the outside of the embroidery hoop.
It should look like the picture below.
Step 4: Hang on wall!
Could that have been any easier?????????????
12 Comments
These are too cute and so easy! I love I don’t need a sewing machine to make these either! I need some of these to line my hallway… haha
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what a fun idea!! and you could totally get those frames for cheap that the thrift store, i see them there all the time.
They have a bunch at Goodwill too! You could even paint the frames!
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Those are great for a splash of color! That’s what I want for Christmas, hint, hint. lol
that’s a really cute project especially if they came in different sizes, you could do a whole wall of polka dots
I did buy some different frames and am planning on filling one of my “awkward walls” with polka dots of different sizes. :) I’ll post pictures when I do!
What a great decor idea! I bet my teens would even like these…maybe they’d hang them in a pattern on the wall to get a funky look? I sure wish I hadn’t lost all my hoops in our last flood!! Oh and your pictures are so clear and beautiful, what camera do you use?
This is a GREAT idea for a teen’s room! :)
And thanks on the pictures – I was just thinking I need a better camera, though. lol I use a Canon Powershot SX10 IS. :)
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. I’m thinking I might have to try this at home.
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