| Simple Fabric Cover-Ups |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-127 |
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Gail Brown, author of Gail Brown's All-New Instant Interiors: Decorate With Fabric, Fast (Open Chain Publishing, 1993), shares some quick and easy decorating tips on recycling small vases, giving an old lampshade a new look and creating an attractive and sturdy storage box from a shoe box. Small Vase for Silk Flowers Materials:
Small vase
Fabric 15" to 20" square
For a small vase, cut a 15" to 20" square of fabric. Place the fabric on the work surface, wrong side up. Place the bottom of the vase in the center of the fabric, bring the sides of the fabric up and over the top of the vase, and tuck them inside. Place silk or dried flowers in the vase (figures A and B). Small Vase for Fresh Flowers Materials:
Small vase
Square of fabric
Rubber band
Ribbon
Sewing machine or serger
Finish the edges of a square of fabric large enough to extend above the top of a vase. Place the vase in the center of the square of fabric, wrong side up. Bring the fabric up the sides of the vase, and secure with a rubber band around the top of the vase. Tie a piece of decorative ribbon around the vase to hide the rubber band. Add water and fresh flowers (figure C). Lace-Covered Lampshade Materials:
Lampshade
Square of lace fabric
Lace for edging
4 tassels
Scissors
Needle and thread
Glue
Lampshades can be camouflaged or transformed with a square of lace fabric large enough to cover the shade. Sew edge lace around the border of the lace fabric, and attach the tassels to the four corners of the square to add weight. Place the lace on top of the shade, and drape the sides of the fabric down the sides of the shade (figure D). Shoebox With Lid Materials:
Fabric
Shoebox
Wrapping paper
Fusible web
Iron
Scissors
Pinking shears
Stapler
Following the directions for the fusible web, fuse the fabric and wrapping paper together to add body to the fabric. With the fabric side out, wrap the bottom of the shoebox as though wrapping a package, tapering the ends (figure E). Pink the fabric at the edges of the box rather than fold it inside. This eliminates extra bulk. Staple the fabric to the edge of the box. Do the same with the lid. Line the inside of the box with wrapping paper (figure F).
RESOURCES :
Gail Brown's All-New Instant Interiors: Decorate With Fabric Fast
Model: 0932086330
Author: Gail Brown and Bobbie Keeney
January 1993
Open Chain Publishing
Gail Brown's book is available at bookstores or directly from Krause Publications
Krause Publications
Website: www.krause.com
Pellon® fusible web
Freudenberg Pellon Nonwovens
Website: pellonideas.com
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