Sweet Girl
By Jennifer Davis
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| Materials
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Fiskars® UltraShape Xpress Shape Cutter
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Fiskars® Fabric Applique Templates for Shape Cutter |
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8” stretching frames |
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14” stretching frames |
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Heavy blue denim |
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Dark pink floral fabric |
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Pink paisley fabric |
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Checkered fabric |
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Yellow fabric |
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Light and dark green floral fabric |
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Pink ribbon |
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White letter stickers |
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White cardstock |
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Hat pin |
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Brad |
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Tissue paper |
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Photograph |
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Zots |
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Steam-a-Seam2 |
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Paper piercer |
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Wide paint brush |
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Iron |
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Staple Gun and staples |
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Decoupage glue |
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| Instructions |
| Part 1: Assembling Wall-Hanging Canvas – not necessary to show on camera |
| 1. |
Assemble frame, staple at corners with staple gun
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| 2. |
Stretch blue denim fabric over frame, stapling on outside edges |
| Part 2: Decorating Blank Canvas |
| 3. |
Attach large checkered fabric piece with staple gun approximately one inch from right side. |
| 4. |
Place pink ribbon across bottom of canvas, staple in place on back of frame |
| 5. |
Lay yellow photo “mat” piece onto checkered fabric. |
| Part 3: Cutting Appliqué Flowers |
| 6. |
Iron Steam-a-Seam2 (a stabilizer) onto back of all appliqué fabric pieces.
Note: To iron stabilizer onto fabric, pull one side of paper backing away from stabilizer, place rough side against wrong side of fabric, press with hot, dry iron. |
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Cut all flower pieces.
Note: Cut with fabric face down with the paper backing still on. Using the Shape Cutter with fabric takes a little practice. Plenty of extra stabilized fabric included for this. Cutting the fabric dulls blades very quickly. If having problems, first adjust blade depth – then if problem persists, replace blade.
- Cut 3 tulip pieces, one in dark pink, pink paisley, and checkered.
- Cut 2 daisy pieces, one in dark pink, one in checkered.
- Cut 1 daffodil piece with pink paisley
- Cut 2 green stems
- Cut 4 light green leaves (2 of each side)
- Cut 2 checkered leaves
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| Part 4: Assembling Appliqué Flowers – all pieces can be laid on the canvas for this step. The paper backing can be peeled off and will hold flower pieces in place until decoupage step is completed. |
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To assemble tulip, layer dark pink, checkered, and paisley tulip pieces together at angles. |
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Line up the bottom of one stem with the bottom edge of the canvas about two inches from the left edge. |
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Place the tulip pieces at the top of the stem and the leaves about halfway down the stem. |
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To assemble daisy, layer the paisley daffodil over the checkered daisy. Place the dark pink daisy and the flower center on top. Adjust flower so that all petal colors show. |
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Layer checkered leaves and green leaves halfway down the stem. |
| Part 5: Decoupage |
| 13. |
Place “girl” stickers on bottom left edge. |
| 14. |
Place tissue paper-printed “sweet” over tulip. |
| 15. |
Generously brush Decoupage glue over entire canvas. Use fingers to press out bubbles. Brush under edges of pieces if needed. Tissue paper will blend into tulip as the glue dries. |
| Part 6: Finishing Touches – once the canvas is dry |
| 16. |
Mat photo on white cardstock. |
| 17. |
Attach photo and mat to right side of canvas at angle. |
| 18. |
Gently poke hole in center of daisy and insert brad. |
| 19. |
Attach the hatpin with dimensional glue dots. |
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Fiskars® |
