Now that I’ve confessed my relapse I may as well go on and have some fun, right?

I originally came up with this project idea for a recent episode of Scrapbook Soup (Not yet aired.) and I shared two different looks for this project.

For the show, I had this made to a certain point but, for me, I wasn’t finished with it yet. (You know I like MORE with my MORE!)

So I brought it home waiting for the inspiration to finish it.

As soon as I stamped the gypsy woman onto the muslin and I saw how nicely the image came out I knew I had the finishing touch for my “Gypsy Picnic”.

See what I’m talking about in this blog post: Toolbox Tuesday – Art Stamps from 100 Proof Press.

Here is how you can make one for  yourself!

 Gypsy Picnic – Mixed Media Embroidery Hoop Art

Supplies:

• 8 inch embroidery hoop
• Printable Belgian Linen from Jacquard
• InkJet Printer
• Fabric for background
• Low-High temp hot glue gun & glue sticks
• Scissors
• Off white small doily
• Yellow & White Buttons
• Crochet Flower
• Lace Trim
• Stick Pins
• Embossing Label Maker
• Tulle and complimentary fabric torn into thin strips
• Embroidery Floss
• Stamped image on muslin

Directions:

• Print an image and any wording onto the printable linen and set aside to dry.
• Place the background into the embroidery hoop and pull taught. Screw the hoop screw and and tighten in place.
• Lay out the image and other embellishments in a pleasing manner.
• Adhere the embellishments with a low temp glue or embroidery stitches.
• Place the doilies so that they break the edge of the frame and glue in place.
• Add the flower embellishment and buttons with glue cutting the shank off the buttons if needed.
• Emboss a label and adhere.
• Pull the fabric taught again and tighten down the screw if the fabric has come loose while working.
• Cut the excess fabric away from the back of the embroidery hoop with sharp scissors.
• Run a bead of low temp glue around the back of the embroidery hoop to secure the fabric in place and keep from fraying.
• Glue the strips of fabric, tulle and embroidery floss to the bottom back of the embroidery hoop.