I blame the cream coloured upholstery fabric I picked up in a charity shop for £1.00 this week - it was just begging to be used for something quickly and I had in mind something lacy and tattered and definitely shabby chic in style. Last night I happened upon a tutorial for a hanging heart here at Handmade Habour written by the talented Wendy and was itching to get going.
I've seen others like this and so wanted to create something a little less flat and so padded out the first and second layer and then just added as many little layers as I could. In my stash of "things to use sometime" I have some fabric onto which I printed some vintage images with my inkjet printer so I added her and then embellished the whole thing with vintage buttons and rhinestones and as a finishing touch made a beaded tassel for the bottom. There's room for improvement but I'm pretty happy with how it looks and I can see that there's opportunities to add secret pockets and scented petals to really make the most of the romantic nature of this.
Here's some of the fabrics and trims I sifted through to make it:
And here's what I made:
Because I think this piece is quite romantic I'm going to enter it into the Vintage Elusions challenge.
And because I used Wendy's tutorial (and because I've not added anything for ages) I'm going to link this to Handmade Monday over at the Handmade Harbour and then a little later tonight I shall enjoy looking at what everyone else has been up to. Enjoy the rest of your weekend x
I love you heart! The fabrics and embellishments are all perfect! Pam
ReplyDeleteThank you Pam - I have to confess that work by people such as yourself has been a huge inspiration recently x
ReplyDeleteI really like it. I also like the idea of adding secret pockets... the things you could put in there! I really like what you have done with this tutorial. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a very pretty heart. I do like that sweet ladies face that is peeking out.
ReplyDeleteI love it, and would never have guessed you'd used my tutorial as it's so different - you've definitely made it your own. Well done, it's gorgeous - and thanks for linking up to Handmade Monday - enjoy x
ReplyDeleteVery romantic- love the image on the heart.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I love crazy shabby chic, so pretty. Is on my 'To Do' list but you know what those are like.
ReplyDeleteIt's really pretty, I'm forever collecting bits but never getting round to using them. Some more printing onto fabric is on my to do list and it may have just got higher up!
ReplyDeleteOh you should definitely give it a go - once you get the hang of feeding the paper and fabric through the printer it's really easy.
DeleteAbsolutely beautiful, so pretty. Well done. Hope you have a good week.
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty. Hearts seems to be a theme today! Yours IS very romantic and feminine. Lovely make.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful and totally unique...love it! x
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful heart design
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful !!! so so romantic .... Thank You for joining us at Vintage Elusions :o)) xx
ReplyDeletebrilliant i totally love this thanks fort joining us at vintage elusions and good luck emma xx
ReplyDeleteStunningly gorgeous, love the heart. Thank you for joining us at Vintage Elusions this week. Abbie DT xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful piece of art. I love this type of vintage. Hugs Rita xx
ReplyDeleteLove your heart. Very classy and that printed image fits perfectly with it.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, this is stunning. Thank you for joining in with the Vintage Elusions Challenge
ReplyDeleteLindsay xx