A French Inspired Burlap Project

I had a wild hair idea this week. Yeah, what's new, huh?! I've seen some cool French grain sack inspired pillows, etc that really good DIYers are making. You know, those talented folks that can paint all fancy like. I totally stink at freehand painting, and my stenciling isn't a whole lot better.

But where there's a will there's a way, and I reeeally wanted to jump on the old band wagon.

Enter iron-on transfer paper and my trusty old ink jet printer.

And here's what I came up with:

It's not exactly perfect...but like the Nester says

It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful!

All you have to do is build your image on your computer, then "mirror" the image, then print it onto the transfer paper.

After the ink dries, you cut out around the images, not perfectly, but loosely. Then iron it onto your burlap, or whatever fabric you prefer. Then frame it, or make a pillow out of it! I found this huge frame in my neighbor's trash, so this project didn't cost me anymore than the transfer paper. Love that.

As I stretched the burlap onto the frame, it scewed my print out the wazoo, but I can live with that. I still thinks it's da bomb. We just built this ledge shelf in our hallway, and I can't wait to show you the rest of it - so stay tuned!

Thanks so much to all of you who are helping us pray for my friend, Connie. The latest update on her is that the chemo is working, and she is slowly improving. The ventilator has been reduced back to 50% now. God is surely hearing and answering our prayers!