My name is Diana Caho from B4ustamp Studio 653 aka Cahos’ Chaos, www.b4ustamp.blogspot.com, and I am so excited to be Artistcellar’s weekend Guest Blogger. Artistcellar sent me two fabulous stencils to play with and share with you. Here is a photo from Artistcellar on the stencils, they are from the Sacred Geometry Series; Sri Yantra and Square Rose.
The first picture is the Sri Yantra, and since I am a quilter, it reminded me of various patterns, such as flying geese, Ohio Star, Fruit Basket, Tree of Life or even the Sawtooth. I have a quilter friend who’s birthday is coming up and I chose to make her a bobbin holder/pen cushion/coaster. Supplies you will need are:
Sri Yantra 6×6 Artistcellar Stencil
4″ Round Paper Mache Box
Fabric Paint (various colors)
2 pieces of 6×7 Muslin
1 piece of 6×7 batting
14-1/4” Lace
2 strips of decorative paper (4 x 14)
Adhesive of your choice or Modpodge
Straight pins, sewing machine (or sew by hand)
Tape off your stencil onto the muslin, and start spraying your favorite colors onto each section, remembering to let dry between sprays before taping off.
Your muslin should look similar to this. Then sandwich the batting between the muslin and pin down.
Make sure you pin away from the areas you want to sew. Sew them together. I stitched between each color nothing fancy. Sew around the outside.
See the back, simple.
Then trim away the excess muslin, leaving only the Sri Yantra design. Coaster is complete.
To determine what size paper and the length of lace you need, take your round box lid, make a mark on the top edge.
Starting at “0” roll it down the mat,
until the mark ends back down on the mat, to get your measurement. This is the length of lace and paper you need.
I used Scor-Tape to wrap around the outside of the box.
Using ModPodge to adhere the paper on the outside.
Then I attached the lace around the edge, and then the Sri Yantra Muslin piece on top with adhesive.
I took a 8.5×11 cardstock, fold in half
I traced the bottom of the round box on cardstock, lining it up against the fold, then trimmed inside the circle, making sure I leave 1” at the fold, to make a round card. This will make 2 cards, but we need only one. Make sure they will fit loosely in the box.
Then I taped the Sri Yantra stencil on the front side of the card and repeated the steps I did with the muslin. But in this case, you will only have room to use part of the stencil. Make sure you open up the card, depending on the paint, it may bleed through.
When done, I stamped a sentiment on the outside and inside. Then edged it with some color.
I put tissue on the inside, along with the gift and card.
Fits all snug.
Then I placed the lid on top. All done. Hope you liked this project and will give it a try.
Here is a side view. And by the way, she loved it. She said she is using it to hold her bobbins, and the lid for sewing needles. GREAT!
Thank you all for your time. You have to order your stencil from Artistcellar and show us what you create. Have fun!