Framed Cloth Hares

 Another day, another hare!  I did not use the hare silhouette, but the vintage hare image from Karen at The Graphics Fairy.

I know for a fact it is a hare and not a bunny because it is written on the image.  I am not a big fan of real bunnies.  In fact, I am slightly afraid of them.  So these are gentle hares.  Just different from the silhouettes I have been using.

I used pieces from the bolt of upholstery material I bought on a recent hunt.  This was a roll of stiff, loose weave neutral fabric - usually found on the bottom of furniture as the dust protector.  I cut the fabric to tape to a piece of ivory heavy cover paper and sent it through the printer to print directly on the fabric.  This is the thickest I have sent through my inkjet so far.  I think I will not go any thicker - there was some smearing, but not enough to ruin the image.  I did five full size images in landscape orientation.

As you can see above the ink went through the fabric and printed an image on the paper.  I saved these and have a wordless post coming up next on what to do with them.  

Yes, I am wordless - silent - no words!  You will have to see it to believe it.


All the materials came directly from Horror Monster (my craft stash) except the Pellon fusible web.  I was legitimately out of that. 

Follow the directions for this process on the paper wrapper.  Each fusible web is a little different.  Make sure you get the right weight for the fabric you are using.  Since this fabric was a loose weave and had stiffener on it, I was afraid it would not stick, but it did.  ALWAYS protect the surface on which you are ironing.

 I left the image whole and ironed them on the web.  I could line up two at a time.  Try not to get this on your iron.

I used a sheet folded in fourths on my ceramic cook top to use as the hard surface.

I used pinking shears for a decorative border.  I just eyeballed this step because I have done many of these, but you may want to measure the first few times you do this.   

 A floral printed linen and a blue striped linen was chosen from the upholstery material. See the hunt here!

At this time I still had not gone to my frame supply to pick out frames. I just decided on a size to fit the material.

Iron those gentle hares on each piece.  

Do not forget to peel the backing off before this step.

I spent ten minutes trying to figure out why the two pieces were not adhering.

DUH !

 Now to the frames.  I had a bunch to choose from.  I chose this decorative bronze and black frame for Hazel Hare - a girl needs a bit of flair.

 A wide mustard frame was chosen to house Henry Hare.

He may be my favorite - love the blue stripe and the mustard.

And Henry, of course.

The twins Harry and Hank were framed in identical frames.

Harris Hare on blue-striped linen in a very staid wood frame.  It fits his personality.

Here they are - all the gentle hares showing off in their frames.  One of the twins is hiding behind the other.  You know hares can be playful.

So I have used both fabric and frames from the craft stash.

I do have another yard of Pellon left over, but it will be used soon.



Remember a wordless post will follow showing what you can do with the printed paper backing.  I am already thinking of all the things I can tell you.

Whoops!  It is word -LESS, Donna.  What part of LESS do you not understand?

Everything!

See y'all!



I will be joining the fun at the Tongue-In-Cheek link party on Tuesday. See the details over at Silo Hill with Danni. Link Here!

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