We have established that there is something in the water at work. =)
Someone is always pregnant and it seems as though before one woman goes into labor, another one or two people announce they are pregnant!
Since I have worked at my awesome job (2.5yrs) there has ALWAYS been one woman pregnant, and at one time 3 pregnant women =)
With that being said, there are lots of "potlucks" and lots of baby showers!!
This is one of the gifts I did for one of my co-workers.
She provided me w/ the fabric as her mother created the crib bedding and so for her nursery décor, we wanted to make sure the fabrics matched.
This is the finished product for Mary's cute little nursery!
Supplies you will need:
All items can be purchased from Michales/JoAnn Fabrics
- -Fabric
- -Canvas
- - Fabric Glue
- -Hot glue gun
- -Letters
- -Paint/Brush
To begin- gather all of your fabric choices and depending on the size of Canvas you chose you want to make sure the fabric is sized larger than the canvas so you are able to pull the fabric up and fold (later in tutorial)
Ironed
You want to lay "pretty" fabric side down and lay canvas on the back side of fabric- at this time you will begin to pull your fabric up to "wrap" around the canvas frame. You will want to place a generous amount of fabric glue and mixture of hot glue along the border of the canvas right before you wrap you canvas w/ fabric.
The corners can be tricky, and to be honest each one of them is a little different- be sure to play around w/ the corner fabric pieces and find a fold that looks best or to your likings.
*** the trick to making the PERFECT corners is to not glue along the edges. leave at least 2finger tip length around each corner when you are gluing the fabric to canvas.
Once you have figured out exactly how you want to proceed w/ your corners, make sure you put LOTS of hot glue and fabric glue so your corners don't peel up! =)
Here is one corner on one of my canvases, but if you look at the next picture it is slightly different.
It honestly doesn't matter as long as they are pulled tight and don't stand a chance of peeling up =)
-The next step is to glue your letters on to the front.
(Before I began any of the process, I painted the letters w/ white paint as momma to be had requested.) You can buy the letters in black or white, but a lot of them have knicks or scratches so a little bit of paint to touch em up all over never hurt!!
*If you find letters w/ knicks and scratches, feel free to use that to your advantage upon checking out, I usually ALWAYS get mine at a discounted price. In the end it doesn't matter as They are painted and fixed good as new!
Make sure you map out and figure out exactly how you want your letters to sit on your canvas(ex. centered, off to the left/right)
Once you have figured it out "paint" your fabric glue GENEROUSLY on the back of your letter and follow up w/ hot glue gun over that!
Continue the process till you have finished each canvas.
While drying, I like to flip them over so the letters are down and place something super heavy over top for some added pressure!
Momma to be loved her nursery décor for her bundle of joy- here are some pictures of the completed project in little miss Mary's room!
Here is another canvas art I had done previously:
