Well, I know it's not papercraft but I wanted to share this with you anyway! It was recently my niece's birthday and I covered some wooden letters for her in materials to match her bedspread, that spell out her name - MIA. I have also done the same for my son Thomas and Mia's sister Layla, in the past (I will share photos another time). So here is a step by step of how I did it.......
1.Gather supplies:
- Wooden letters
- Materials and threads for decorating
- Visafix
- Wadding
- Liquid Craft glue
- Needles for sewing
- Material Marker
2. Iron visafix onto back of materials and cut out 2 of each letter (one for the front and one for back). Each letter will need to be cut approx 1cm wider all the way around to allow for overhang.
3. Using a material marker, draw design onto letters and stitich as desired. (be sure to remove the visfix backing first as it will be much easier to stitch).
4. Using liquid craft glue, attach wadding to front of wooden letters.
5. Remove visafix backing from unstitched material letter cutouts and iron directly onto the wooden letters. You may need to put some cuts in order to wrap edges over neatly (don't worry if it is a little messy, you will cover this later with a material edge).
6. Lightly iron stitched material letters onto the wadded wooden letter faces (do not press too hard or you will flatten out the wadding too much), and cut edges to wrap around (again do not worry if this is a little messy as you will cover with material edging soon).
7. Cut long strips of material wide enough to iron edges in so that it ends up the witdth of your letter edges.
8. Visafix material strips around the edge of your covered letters and stitch in place. I used basic cotton to stitch the backs and to add effect, I used 6 strands of embroidery thread to stitch the fronts....DONE!!!!
When it comes to gifts, I believe it is the whole package...right down to the card and wrapping! SO I simply removed the handles of a plain cream gift bag and threaded this beautiful bow instead to attach the simple yet stylishly co-ordinated gift tag.
So here's how the letters looked in Mia's room...she LOVED them!
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