Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Stenciled Embroidery Hoop Home Decor with Vanessa Spencer

Welcome to StencilGirl Guest Designer 

Love You More
Stenciled Embroidery Hoop Wall Decor

When I was looking at the stencils available in the StencilGirl store, I fell in love with these mini 6” x 6” circular patterned stencils. I have a bit of an embroidery hoop stash so the ideas started popping into my head. The 6” x 6” circle stencils work really well with standard 7” x 7” embroidery hoops.

When my daughter and I say “I love you” we often say back to the other one “love you more.” I know that’s fairly a common one amongst loved ones, and I really hope she doesn’t grow out of it but she’s slowly turning into a tween…  So I thought this would be fun wall décor in her bedroom.

Supplies:
·      Stencils (Flower of Life, Stitch a Doily, Chevron Doily)
·      Three 7” embroidery hoops
·      White fabric paint
·      Black fabric paint
·      Acrylic paint in various shades of blue/green
·      Grey fabric
·      Foam brushes
·      Fine paint brush
·      Scissors
·      Craft Mat or wax paper
·      Small hand towel
·      Orange thread
·      Sewing machine
·      Jute



Cut out three squares of grey fabric to approximately 9 x 9 inches.  Cover your work surface with a craft mat or wax paper. Place an old hand towel down and then place a fabric square on top of it. Put one of the circle stencils in the center of the fabric and using a foam brush, gently dab white fabric paint over the stencil and onto the fabric. Be a little generous with the paint around the edge of the circles so that the white extends out from the edge about 1.5 inches. Do all three pieces of fabric using the three different circular stencils. Allow them all to dry.





While the fabric is drying, use regular craft acrylic paint with foam brushes to paint the three embroidery hoops. I chose three different shades of blue/green. Set those aside to dry also.



Once the fabric squares have completely dried, you can add some decorative stitching. I used a mustard/orange colored thread in my sewing machine. I like a bit of a “messy stitch” look so I randomly sewed a straight stitch around the edge of each circle piece, sewing around each edge about four times.



You can paint the words into the center either before you tighten the fabric in the hoops or after. I did it after. If you aren’t too confident free handing it then try using a very light pencil first to write the words in script. Use a fairly thin paintbrush with black fabric paint to paint the script words onto each piece.





Once the fabric pieces are tightened in each hoop and the script words have dried, you can cut the excess fabric off the back of each hoop. Tie a piece of natural jute to the clasp at the top of each hoop and they are heady to hang.






Vanessa Spencer is a mixed-media artist and crafter and lives in Logan, Utah with her husband Ross, daughter Izzy and son Brin. You can learn more about Vanessa by visiting her blog www.hearthhandmade.blogspot.com and you can email her at vanessapspencer (at) gmail (dot) com

13 comments:

  1. What a great idea! I love how these turned out... they're beautiful, and such a great gift idea!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Gwen took all the words out of my mouth ... er, fingertips.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Amazing..Excellent ideas..That looks really beautiful and thanks for sharing your idea

    ReplyDelete
  4. Excellent idea .. I LOVE it its very beautiful gift i also wanna buy this ..
    Silk Digitizing

    ReplyDelete
  5. This has been a great read for me and I am sure many others will loved it as well Cartoons Embroidery Designs , Thanks for your efforts here.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Even if you're simply building an exterior shed, going cheap on the paint can cause water to damage and rot the shed after a few years, or rust the metal parts in it. construction contractors santa clarita

    ReplyDelete
  7. Delicatus Inc ! Home Services are home experts with relevant knowledge of this field and can solve all your problems regarding home repairs and building.

    ReplyDelete
  8. All of these in this mattress review cannot compare to the density, etc. of latex mattresses Review.org

    ReplyDelete
  9. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  10. All the systems use a vinyl pan with an integral drain designed for installation of ceramic tile over the top of the pan Cartbearer

    ReplyDelete
  11. Thanks for the tips guys. They were all great. I have been having issues with being fat both mentally and physically. Thanks to you guys i have been showing improvements. Do post more. solid door/drawer faces & frames

    ReplyDelete
  12. Incorporate agenda notes of costs for supplanting more established things. Spot in your home loan choice notes that you may need a home review or guarantee if gear looks more seasoned; your agenda choice can save you from making a significant home loan blunder! Ramen Leuven

    ReplyDelete

If you are entering a GIVEAWAY, please add your email address in the event we need to contact you.

To avoid SPAM, please write it like this:

marybeth (at) stencilgirltalk (dot com)

Thank You!