This is our last scrapbooking project we will be sharing with you this week and it is a gorgeous mini photo collage using scraps of fabric and lace to decorate around your photo.
You can use any style of photo for this project but we think a vintage or sepia tinted photo always works best.
For this project you will want some scrap pieces of fabric and lace, a photo that is approximately 1.5 x 2 inches and a piece of calico that measures approximately 3 inches square. You can obviously tweak your design dimensions if you want to make something bigger.
Instructions:
1. Once you have chosen your photo you can either;
(a) if it's an original photo we recommend photocopying it onto some photo paper.
(b) if it's a digital photo then add any tinting of your choice; e.g. sepia; and then crop it to size and print on photo paper.
2. Arrange scraps of fabric around the calico square and hold in place using a collage glue stick or sewing glue pen. We used a Sewline glue pen.
3. Arrange your photo on top of the fabric scraps and then start adding scraps of lace; again holding in place with a collage glue stick.
4. When you are happy with your design you can sew in place by hand or by using a sewing machine. We sewed around the edge and then again about .75 inches in making sure to catch the photo so this is held in place.
5. Display your collage in a photo frame of your choice.
These collages could also be put on a front of a card which is what we did in our Collage Card workshop back in February. You can check out our examples from that workshop here.
We found this project very easy to make and quite relaxing. Also the outlay is very small as you are using up old scraps of fabric and lace.
We hope you've enjoyed our scrapbooking inspiration week and hopefully it has inspired you to create something with your photos.
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