Hello everyone, I am incredibly excited to be sharing a simple and colorful diy post here at Put A Bird On it! Daniela is so creative and I am so excited to be a part of her blog this week! My name is Teresa and I blog over at Crafty Wife, where I share my love of Disney along with simple and fun craft projects.
I had this idea in my head a while ago that I wanted a craft quote on the wall above my work space. Something that would inspire and motivate me whenever I looked up at it as well as bring a bit of color to my rather boring and white apartment walls. I decided to go completely out of my comfort zone and hand stitch a saying on fabric.
For this project I used:
- Sample fabric from Joann Fabrics
- Wooden embroidery hoops (1 - 6in x 6in, 2- 4in x 4in, 2- 3in x 3in)
- Embroidery Thread
- Pencil
- Fine point sharpie
- Buttons
- Hot glue gun
- Batting
To make sure I got the exact look I wanted, I played around in Photoshop with different fonts and word positions until I got everything just right. Then, I printed out my design on regular computer paper.
I laid the computer paper underneath my sample fabric and traced the words on to the white linen with a pencil. After I was done, I went over the letters with a fine point sharpie.
Using a back-stitch, I traced the letters (by hand) with my pink embroidery thread. Depending on how long the quote is this part of the project can take a long time (it took me about three hours!). Once the quote was done, I decided to add a few buttons to bring out the green on my computer chair.
