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How-Tuesday: Embellished Frames with Kayte Terry
Story by julieincharge, loveforever, missbatch, objecked
Published on March 3, 2009 in How-To

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Do you know those various piles of artwork and photographs that you wish you had frames for? Or those various things you've collected that are tacked to your wall that kind of make your bedroom or living room wall look like a tattered scrapbook? Why not spice up your home decor with an embellished mat in a frame or a custom fabric frame from scratch? This week Kayte Terry of this is love forever shows us what to do!

Materials Needed for the Embellished Mat

  • The mat from the frame you are using, or one that will fit
  • 1 piece of fabric 2" wider and taller than your mat
  • Grosgrain ribbon and rick-rack 
  • Needle and thread (optional for making rick-rack flowers)
  • Fabric scissors
  • Spray adhesive
  • Glue gun and glue sticks

Steps for Making Embellished Mat

  1. Spray the front of the mat with spray adhesive. Make sure you do this over newsprint in a well-ventilated area.
  2. Lay your mat out face down on your fabric and center it so that you have 1” of fabric all the way around the mat. Press down on the mat to adhere it to the fabric.
  3. First, you will cover the outside of the mat. Apply a line of hot glue down one edge of the mat 1” from the edge of the mat and from all corners.
  4. Fold the fabric over to the wrong side of the mat and adhere to the hot glue. Repeat for the other three sides. Fold in each corner neatly, like a package, and secure with hot glue.
  5. Make a small cut in the center of the mat with your scissors and carefully cut out the center leaving a 1” overlap of fabric around all sides.
  6. To cover the inner edges of the mat, take your scissors and cut a diagonal slit in the fabric at each inner corner. Cut just to a couple of threads away from the corner of the mat. Fold the fabric back to the wrong side of the mat on each side and secure with a line of hot glue.
  7. To embellish with ribbon, determine where you would like to place the ribbon and carefully hot glue ribbon in place, as desired. You can also make rick-rack flowers like these to further embellish the mats.
  8. Put the mat back in the frame and hang on the wall as desired!

Materials Needed for the Embellished Mat

  • Cardboard
  • Batting
  • Cutting knife
  • Cutting mat
  • 1 piece of fabric 2" wider and taller than your cardboard
  • Grosgrain ribbon and rick-rack
  • Needle and thread (optional for making rick-rack flowers)
  • Fabric scissors
  • Glue gun and glue sticks

Steps for Making Fabric Frame From Scratch

  1. Cut a piece of cardboard to your desired size with a cutting knife. Also cut a piece of batting to the same size. Hot glue the batting to the cardboard frame.
  2. Lay your fabric out wrong side up. Hot glue the front of the frame to the batting. Flip the frame over and center on the fabric, pressing to adhere.
  3. Follow steps 3 to 7 above to cover the frame in fabric.
  4. Add a rick-rack or ribbon hanger with some hot glue and hang on the wall!

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March 3, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. jessjamesjake

OMG!! Love all your picks and helpful hints. The vintage couple from Olive is amazing!!

March 3, 2009 at 2:01 p.m. f2images

Cool tips! Love the Eco Friendly frames!!

March 3, 2009 at 2:02 p.m. JeweledAmbrosia

That was such a cute video!! Love all the picks as well.

March 3, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. CwButcher

great video keep it green love the eco

March 3, 2009 at 2:10 p.m. gloilocksandbody

Loves me some how-tuesday!

March 3, 2009 at 2:13 p.m. laurebelle

What a fun project - and do I ever have pics laying around! I will definately be doing this! Thanks!!

March 3, 2009 at 2:20 p.m. eRosasjewelry

fun fun fun

March 3, 2009 at 2:21 p.m. matouenpeluche

Terrific fun!

March 3, 2009 at 2:21 p.m. beyeler

I love "thissisloveforever" and those frames are so cool!

March 3, 2009 at 2:27 p.m. Schmutzerland

this was soooo cute. I think I am going to make a few for my boyfriend!

March 3, 2009 at 2:39 p.m. TwistedCrystals

:) very cute and easy for (older) kids!

March 3, 2009 at 2:48 p.m. wabisabibrooklyn

so cute!

March 3, 2009 at 2:49 p.m. 3squares

Fun. Thanks for showing us how-to!

March 3, 2009 at 2:55 p.m. simonekonrad

Oh.. It is a cute and usefull video! Very entertaining girls! Transforming is the thing right?

March 3, 2009 at 2:58 p.m. FancifulForm

I love the pear pincushion kit! That would be a blast!

March 3, 2009 at 3:03 p.m. weirdwolf

Great video how-to! Nicely done.

March 3, 2009 at 3:09 p.m. salmonbarn

It takes cute to a whole new level.

March 3, 2009 at 3:21 p.m. 4TheSparrowsNest

I love picture frames! It's what I originally started out doing; I still have some of my favorite felt plush woodland themed frames in my shop. This project looks fun!

March 3, 2009 at 3:40 p.m. LaveMeSoapCo

very cute!

March 3, 2009 at 4:01 p.m. catlover1

OMGoodness, I was just trying to think of a way to make frames for some large(r) vintage cards that I purchased; these will be awesome and can't wait to try them out!

March 3, 2009 at 4:12 p.m. decor8

Michelle is a riot and clearly Kayte needs her own TV Show, what a charmer!

Love this!

March 3, 2009 at 4:25 p.m. naamaza

cool project

March 3, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. MGMart

I loved the video. Michelle and Kayte are so sweet and funny! What a lovely idea to make a frame like that. I will definitely try it!!
Thank you~Marianna

March 3, 2009 at 4:55 p.m. raisinlike

I just love this project, and am sure to give it a try this weekend!!

I have to get me a ladylike pink hot glue gun. Mine is big and black and not very feminine :o)

March 3, 2009 at 5:16 p.m. simplesplendor

I'm definately making some of those! :)

March 3, 2009 at 6:03 p.m. nkalexander

great project ladies! Keep 'em coming! XO

March 3, 2009 at 6:27 p.m. purnima

I really enjoyed watching this project! Nice film-making and music, too. I always enjoy the graphic animation at the beginning and end, as long as I am taking a moment to compliment. :o)

March 3, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. waltersbeads

great job. nice of you showing it

March 3, 2009 at 6:56 p.m. clubviv

Thanks for sharing this

March 3, 2009 at 7:19 p.m. bunnyboutique

Love the versatility of these series. I'm still trying to get around to using those Valentine's roses we had last time. I've got so many ideas, but not enough time...arrgh

March 3, 2009 at 7:45 p.m. OnTheRound

i love how tuesday.

March 3, 2009 at 7:45 p.m. dbdesign

I loved this video. Great job. Makes me want to get out my gazillion unframed photos and fabric scraps. Many years ago I did a bit of fabric frame making and this reminded me of some forgotten crafting fun. Thanks.

March 3, 2009 at 8:39 p.m. Ikyoto

Excellent video!

March 3, 2009 at 9:33 p.m. niTeBecOmEsdAy

i wish i had time to do all of these how tuesday projects! great video.

March 3, 2009 at 9:33 p.m. OliveSomeday

oh my goodness, I wonder how I got so many hits on the blue frames! thanks for including me, this post was right up my alley!

xo

March 3, 2009 at 10:15 p.m. KnitKnit

Oh, awesome! I have so much cardboard sitting around - just perfect for frames! Thanks for the how-to - well done ladies!

March 3, 2009 at 10:16 p.m. buckscountyframes

Great job! Thank you so much for including us.

March 3, 2009 at 10:29 p.m. incoldstorage

Oh that's cute. I just wonder about trying to get some acid free material in there for the sake of framing photos...

March 4, 2009 at 6:07 a.m. vantiani

Oh my! I'm so going to try this out this weekend! yay!

Vantiani.

March 4, 2009 at 9:20 a.m. ourfrontyard

Thanks for the info on this adorable project!!

March 4, 2009 at 9:43 a.m. BlueTerracotta

Really nice video, they make it look easy! I love loveforever! I've got a pear pincushion and I use it all the time! I wanted to ask Kayte if she plans on making anymore watermelon pincushions. I'd love one!

March 4, 2009 at 10:42 a.m. BululuStudio

Love this video, keep it up girl!

March 4, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. loveforever

thanks for all the love, y'all!
blue terracotta- yes, i will definitely make some more! i'll convo you when i do!

March 4, 2009 at 12:28 p.m. EpicBones

cute!

March 4, 2009 at 6:36 p.m. jodieflowers

Awesome! So Crafty!

March 4, 2009 at 9:14 p.m. DAcustomframes

Awesome!. . .thanks for including my frame!

March 4, 2009 at 9:34 p.m. polkadotsoup

super cute how-to!

March 5, 2009 at 12:39 a.m. StaceyGynn

I adore How-Tuesday. I look forward to it every week.
Love this one!

March 5, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. DareToExpress

Question! How do you get the artwork to stay? I mean, what did you do for the back?

March 5, 2009 at 2 p.m. comfortablyblue

Sweet video! Will try this, I have so many unframed little drawings....

March 5, 2009 at 3:09 p.m. Appellation

Certainly a fun tutorial! Her blog is amazing by the way.

March 5, 2009 at 4:52 p.m. bruskismom

The frames are sooooooooooo cute!! The tutorial was very entertaining as well. Makes me want to dig out all of my ribbon & fabric and give it a go. Loved it!

March 5, 2009 at 8:14 p.m. tumbleweedstudios

Oh my god! amazing source of creativity!

March 6, 2009 at 1:59 a.m. girlyandstylish

great ideas... thanks
xoxo

March 6, 2009 at 6:49 a.m. PrincessAllure

Who thanks for posting this!

March 7, 2009 at 11:43 a.m. VictorianInspired

Cool project, great tips!Thanks for this info .

March 8, 2009 at 10:48 a.m. yellowhandkerchief

Fun to watch and fun to do, thank you! I'm going to try this...*rummages through draw for hot gun* ... :D

March 9, 2009 at 3:10 p.m. LittlePaperDog

My 13 month old son LOVES LOVES LOVES the music and animation at the beginning of this clip. I can't wait to see what you have ready next Tuesday!

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