Making A Fantastic Wall Hanging The Easy Way . . . by Anna Meenaghan
Most of us at one time or another find ourselves wanting to brighten up a wall. Sometimes we put up art posters but it can also be quite a challenge to design your very individual canvas art. Using canvas art you may well actually do this in one or two different ways
The basic line of attack would be to paint on top of the canvas. your second choice is to attach or stitch pieces on to your canvas comparable to a collage.
Whichever choice will grant you loads of freedom to design a picture or a plan. So an illustration let's sample a somewhat basic size say 36 inches by 36 inches. This being the amount of actual canvas or similar fabric you will need to work with. Ensure that you wash press the cloth before you start.
First of all with pinking shears or an overlocking stitch neaten the edges. After that turn in both sides as a minimum three quarters of an inch machine hand sew or stick this down. Turn over the top edge at least an inch. At this point you must machine a line along making certain that you have space for a pole to go all the way through this.
On the base edging of your canvas bend it back an inch to create a loop as it were. At this juncture this has to be large enough to get your rod all the way through to weight it down also make it dangle well. At this point find a flat surface to map out your picture or design on the fabric fill it in using either fabric paints or markers acrylic or goache paints then leave to dry.
You may well like to include a fancy patterned edge along the top bottom or even the sides. However do not apply this wherever the cloth is folded to take account of the rods. If this is the state of affairs now let it become dry.
An alternative way round this would be to rubber imprint your pattern on with paint. In either set up when it has dried out you will want to iron it on top of the wrong surface of the cloth with a hot setting on the iron. Put some kitchen foil on top of the ironing board firstly put the fabric face downward. This line of attack if some paint should come off it will remain on the foil not on top of your ironing board.
If you like you can after that attach some fringing or else beads directly to the very base edge allowing for your pole needless to say. You can obtain ready made rods or else you can basically use cane or a piece of appropriate dowling. Ease the wood from beginning to end next either staple it to the material otherwise use small tacks or nails.
Subsequently you will after that need to staple a piece of string or twine on the top placing it centrally at the back of your rod to dangle it by. Straight away staple the base rod also at the back. If by chance your rod is smaller you can seam the sides up on the contrary if your rod overlaps you can obtain end stoppers to put at each end of this.
The author of this "How To" guide Anna Meenaghan also runs an online interactive art community where you can find more helpful guides on art crafts as well as all things relating to art ranging from canvas art through to art posters. The site also serves as a meeting place for artists art lovers alike. Making A Fantastic Wall Hanging The Easy Way . . .
