I just had to make something else with the fabric. So I came up with this little framed Fleur-de-lis.
Now isn’t she cute? I had this little gold frame and dug it out of the closet. You already know that the fabric was 30 cents a yard. A little bitty piece of white burlap and some spray paint and you have a project!
I printed my fleurs off the net and picked the one I liked best. Cut your fabric a little wider than the frame and about twice as long.
Then sew a straight line down both sides. Nothing fancy — set your machine to the fewest stitches per inch and just go straight. No back stitch — just one long straight stitch. Now y’all can handle that right? I promise — this is all the sewing!
I spray painted my frame in white and then rubbed some of the paint off to get the look I wanted. Edited to add — I removed the glass and did not use it in this project.
Now just pull on those strings and your fabric will ruffle up. Be sure to pull on both ends of both strings to make your pleats even. Place around the cardboard in your frame. Then place the covered piece in the frame. You can then adjust your pleats until it looks just right to you.
Time for the old glue gun! Just glue the fabric all the way around. And I also secured the strings to the cardboard.
Now once I had all of that stuffed into that frame there was no way the back was going to go back in there. So I just used a little E6000 glue to put my back onto the frame. Yep you have to let it dry for 24 hours before you do anything else to it. Wait patiently….
I then traced the fleur-de-lis onto the white burlap. I found that using a little spray starch on the burlap makes it easier to cut shapes out of. And that a regular old pair of scissors works better than the exacto for this step.
Cover the back of the fleur-de-lis ENTIRELY with white glue and place in the appropriate place in the frame. Covering entirely will starch the piece and make sure it does not fray. VOILA — my framed fleur-de-lis.
Did it make you say Ooooo….La……La?
Your picture turned out so cute! I wanted to stop by and say thanks for leaving your sweet comment on my son Grants blog! 🙂
That turned out nicely.. Trust me I can’t sew a straight line! Oooo….La La
Tres chic! Wanna Goodwill it tomorrow at lunch? Maybe we can find something else to blog about… hehe!
Yep Goodwill sounds like a winner — since the thrift store was nothing to brag about today!
It looks great!
Love how you bunched up the fabric in the frame. It really adds texture and interest.
I think you could display lots of interesting items in a frame like that — a big sparkly brooch would look beautiful 🙂
Nice project 🙂
Kelly @ DesignTies
I love fleur de lis and this came out really nice! The burlap was a nice touch! =)
Love it! I had no idea that gathering the fabric could be that easy. Now, if I can just learn to sew a straight line…
Thanks for linking up!
Wow that is beautiful~ Great project. That would look wonderful in my guest bathroom. Bookmarking this project!! Thank you!
Neat!!! I love the burlap fleur de lis. 🙂 Thanks for the visit!
I love fleur-de-lis, and this project looks great!
Thanks for linking up with Talented Tuesday!
Pretty! Love the ruching!
Thanks for visiting!!!!! I love your fleur-de-lis project…great way to use up some scraps! The bean bag recover is awesome as well!
Pretty! I never would have thought to gather the fabric for the back. Sure adds another layer of texture. Great idea!
Creative idea and execution!
Hey Angie! Thats really cute. What a clever idea.