Happy Valentine’s Day! Just showing a simple, cheapy bit of wall art that I made to celebrate the day. The square background is a small canvas – the sort you buy from hobby or art stores for acrylics, etc. The letters are wooden ones I bought from a craft store. You could use chipboard or cut your own from anything you like! Just glued on. I put a couple of picture hooks in the back and – voilà – nice piece of wall art! Maybe will paint the letters with a soft-wash white or light grey but am happy with the simplicity of the effect.
And the object of my desire? (apart from Mr Tree, of course! He is my heart) A circular foot attachment! My Valentine’s present from Mr Tree! This will stitch circles – normal straight stitch AND decorative stitches! Just take the bobbin plate off and clip the square endy bit in its place. How Spin Me Right Round Baby is that??! I am WOW over this.
Finally, another project on the go… Bought the lightshade from a Charity shop for €2.00. Perfectly clean and excellent condition. I cut out a wild rabble of butterflies (I looked up the collective noun for butterflies and apparently it is ‘rabble’. WTH? Doesn’t sound right!) and glued them on.
I’m actually making a lamp and the base needs some drilling work and is glass based so am a bit nervous… but I intend filling it with a long string of LED lights and want to hide the wiring.
In the meantime, have a very happy day and enjoy time with the one you love.
Hel (SWALK) X
Tags: canvas wall art, circular sewing foot, lightshade, paper butterflies
Have fun with your new attachment! I had a blast with mine many years ago. I made a LOT of sweet coasters, including some fancy ones that fit over the foot of my stemware. They make fast, easy, and lovely gifts!
Cheers, chick! If you have any pictures, I’d love to see them!