Thursday, November 8, 2012

A Burlap craft

Burlap is such a great material and has so many uses.  This craft was a lot of fun and took very little time to complete. 
 
Materials you will need:
A piece of burlap material
A piece of wood or board approximately 8in by 18in
Acrylic paint
A stencil (for the letter)
hot glue
twine
 
Start by stretching the burlap to the edges of the board/wood.  Hot glue the edges in place. Cut the remaining material to the edges. Once you have the burlap glued in place, take your stencil and place it where you want it.  Paint your letter (I used the first letter of our last name) and remove your stencil.  I used a piece of the extra burlap that I had to make a flower for the top left corner.  A bow would work just fine too.  Be creative and add whatever is best for you. Once your paint is dry you can embelish as you wish.  I chose to go simple with my letter and added a little button to the bottom left corner.  Now take the twine and wrap it around the bottom of your board/wood.  Once you have the desired amount of twine in place, tie it in the back.  Take one more piece of twine and hot glue it in place on the back of the board/wood.  After the glue is dry hang it up and enjoy.  The twine at the bottom is for placeing pictures in or anything else that you would like.