It’s been a long time since I’ve felt crafty. I think my last crafty stint was compiling that free craft e-book over there on the right.
But I’m happy to say that after a long break, it’s baaack!
Because I’ve been hibernating for awhile, I chose a super duper easy project to ease into.
Basically, I took an old canvas with a painting I wasn’t too excited about and repainted over it in white.
Then, I reused leftover French Toile fabric I had from one of my favorite projects-a recovered antique typewriter I talked about here and here.
And I wrapped it up like a little present using fabric glue to keep it in place. {love that thing!}
It works either as a hanging fabric wrapped canvas or as a frame. If you look close you can still see my original painting through the fabric. I think it looks pretty cool.
Here they are, my two French toile covered projects side by side:
What have you been working on lately?
{It’s graduation season! Wanna know the 5 things I wished someone had told me when I graduated high school? Check out my Beliefnet post here.}
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