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Fabric Dress Wall Art

Tutorial: Fabric Dress Wall Art

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/fabric-dress-wall-art • Posted by Susan P.

I absolutely LOVE this project! I was inspired by a giclee from the Ballard Design catalog that was constructed with old book pages . Now, I know old book pages are all the rage right now, but FABRIC always does it for me! You can personalize to your own taste and decor so much easier! I made this particular piece for my office/sewing room. The colors are fab and of course, the dress fits right in! I promise you, it’s easier than it looks

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 40

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

I absolutely LOVE this project! I was inspired by a giclee from the Ballard Design catalog that was constructed with old book pages . Now, I know old book pages are all the rage right now, but FABRIC always does it for me! You can personalize to your own taste and decor so much easier! I made this particular piece for my office/sewing room. The colors are fab and of course, the dress fits right in! I promise you, it’s easier than it looks

Instructions

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    Begin by cutting a piece of freezer paper to the size of your canvas. You may have to tape two pieces together to achieve your size.

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    I used the Ballard picture as a starting off point. I loves the scalloped bottom edge so I went with that. NOTE: I am not an artist! I DO NOT DRAW! I used my ruler alot to get dimensions right. I used my eraser ALOT too, and after about a half hour, I liked the outcome. Make sure to draw on the dull side of the paper

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    Label all of your pieces that you will be cutting

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    Cut out each piece individually

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    After you’ve decided on a fabric combination, iron the fusible interfacing to the amount of fabric that you need

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    Flip the interfaced fabric over and iron on your pattern pieces to the fabric (the beauty of freezer paper)

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    Cut each piece out and peel the freezer paper off your fabric

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    After you have all the pieces cut and peeled, arrange them on the canvas you’ve painted. (no pics of me spraying the canvas cause I figure you can handle that one ;) Make sure to stand back and make sure your art is straight and balanced on the sides and edges

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    Starting with a middle piece, I chose the waistband, apply a healthy amount of mod podge to the back of the fabric. Put the piece exactly where you took it from

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    Continue with each piece. Here I have the waistband and bodice mod podged down, and am starting on the arms. For the skirt, I kept the pieces in place and just lifted up the top and bottom of each piece and mod podged down.

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    Your finished! Are you in love?