So I thought I would show you something I did the other day. A few months ago I bought one of those wooden letters at Michael's on clearance. I didn't have a place in mind for it but just thought I would find a spot for it.
The first thing I did was spray paint it everyone's favorite Heirloom White...
Say what? Please telll me I am not the only one?? Well, even if I am I have to say that I bought like four cans of this stuff because everyone talked about how much they loved this color and it looked like the perfect shade of white on my monitor. But in person it was just too creamy for me. Anyhoo...
I dug my R out and also pulled out some jute. I started wrapping without gluing like so...
Please lean left... |
So I decided I needed a little sumpin sumpin for
Cut out a square of fabric with pinking shears to hopefully reduce fraying in the future.
The colors aren't looking quite right here but it is pretty :) |
Twirl the fabric |
Once the fabric was twirled I grabbed the back and held the swirl in place. Because I was flying by the seat of my pants I clipped it in place with a clothespin while I got some needle and thread.
Temporarily held in place with a clothespin. |
I used needle and thread to sew a few stitches in the back to keep the flower/bow in shape. Then I stuck a pin in the back to attach it to the letter R. I didn't want to use hot glue because I want to have options to change out the fabric if I ever decide to move it. So here is the finished product...
Letter R's new home... (Pretend there is something in that frame :) ) |
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