The gorgeous stag silhouette is gracing many a Pinterest board and Instagram feed throughout the globe so why not create your own? Of course you can substitute the felt and fabrics i have used- these were the choice of one of my customers.
What you will need:
- Sharp scissors
- Pins
- Pencil
- Erasure
- Staple Gun
- Iron and Ironing board
- Sewing machine
- Vlisofix 1m (or as large as the canvas you intend to cover)
- x3 Art Canvas in duck cloth (available from any local art and craft store)
- Felt by the metre (in your colour choice)- wool is best
- Thick cotton fabric at least 1.5m (in your choice)
Let's get our craft on!
Take the felt, and unroll the Vlisofix, placing it textured (which is the glue) side down, the smooth top is what you will place the iron on.
Set the iron to NON STEAM (you need a dry iron) and iron the Vsliofix to the felt- this will be the glue side (the back side).
Turn over the felt so that the Vsliofix is on the back, and place your hand drawn silhouette of the stag on top.
Pin within the drawing, don't be mean on the pins, the more you use the neater and more accurate your work will be. Once pinned, begin cutting the outline (you will be cutting through 3 layers, the paper, the felt and the Vsliofix backing which is not removed yet)
Remove pins, and paper template and you will have your felt cut piece with backing still on.
Take a single canvas and measure the width and height of one (the measurements will be the same or all three), and allow a 1 1/2 inch extra around the canvas and cut three panels this size.
On a large work area, lay each of the canvas with each fabric panel on top as they will sit when stapled right, tightly next to each other, on top of this you will position the felt silhouette.
Once you are happy that the felt fits well on each of the canvas, you will mark the two outer edges of the centre canvas on the felt as this will be where the felt is cut.
Take your ruler and pencil and lightly mark a line down the felt in the place you marked the edge of the canvas and CUT.
You will now have 3 separate piece of felt- each one will be for each canvas.
Remove the backing on the felt ready for ironing.
Replace the felt pieces on the canvas laid out, to make sure the positioning is exactly right, and pin the felt its fabric piece.
Take the fabric (with felt pinned to the top side of the fabric) and take to ironing board. While pinned, touch the iron lightly to some of the outer edges of felt to bond it a little to the fabric, when you are sure that some of the felt has bonded to the fabric you can remove the pins, turn over the fabric and lay it on the ironing board where you will iron the back of the fabric. (Vsliofix is bonded set to the fabric when ironed from the reverse side, it is also best not to iron felt especially if you opt for acrylic felt a it will melt under the heat).
Turn it back over and check that all parts of the felt have been securely ironed on.
Repeat with the next two panels. Making sure not to iron the felt with a hot setting- you are ironing on the reverse of the fabric, not directly onto the felt.
Take each panel and sew around the outside of the felt, maybe 2cm in from the edge.
Place the first panel back over the canvas where it needs to be positioned and turn it over with the fabric laying underneath the board.
Fold over one side length and gently position it on the board, staple from the centre first and out to 5inches from each end. Repeat on the other side, pulling tightly before stapling to make sure the fabric is stretched flat and wrinkle-free.
Repeat the stapling process to the top and bottom of the board pulling well before stapling to keep it tight and neat, and leaving 5 inches from each corner.
You will now trim the corners, by cutting straight across the corner. Start on the outside length and add another staple to keep the fabric in place, take the fabric from the outside length and place it where it will stay on the board, tucking the corner underhand securing with another staple, keep the fabric tight at all times. Now go to the bottom part of the corner and turn over to create a fold and make sure the fabric from the outside is sitting flat and secure with another staple.
Repeat this on the last 3 corners.
Imagine this the trending monochromatic black and white?
Have fun, crafter,
Love,
Shannon
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