Framed Fabric

7:49 pm - 04/29/2012
My family moved recently, and I finally got around to doing some decorating in the new house. I decided to start with the bathroom, since it's small and doesn't need a) bookcases (my sitting room) or b) an upgraded bed (from twin to full in my bedroom). A while ago I bought a colorful shower curtain, curtain rings, and over-door hook all on clearance at work and then packed them away, because I shared a bathroom with my dad. Now I have my own bathroom!

The shower curtain, rings, and hook have been up since we moved in, but I just recently decided to start adding more color to the room.

I remembered seeing, on some HGTV show or maybe in a magazine, about taking pieces of fabric and framing them as art. So I went to the dollar store and got a bunch of cheap frames all in black. Then I hit the fabric store and bought fat quarters in colors that matched my shower curtain. I took the glass panes out of the frames, cut the fabric slightly bigger than the glass, wrapped it around the panes, taped it in place, and put it back into the frames.


Here's the shower curtain



Here's the first grouping



Here's the second



Here it all is together



I plan on painting one of the walls the same pale pink that's in the shower curtain, and I have some pictures from my trip to Paris that I'm going to hang in here as well.
perplexedchick 30th-Apr-2012 12:45 am (UTC)
That is very neat idea for fabric prints for my daughter room. Thanks for sharing.
bluehwys 1st-May-2012 03:04 pm (UTC)
Thanks for looking! I'm glad it sparked some ideas.
kellendraysia 30th-Apr-2012 12:51 am (UTC)
They turned out fabulous! Thanks for sharing that is a very neat idea and brings about a lot of nice color and interest.
bluehwys 1st-May-2012 03:04 pm (UTC)
Thank you! I'm really happy with them.
momsalive1 30th-Apr-2012 12:57 am (UTC)
That's a great way to bring a lot of color to a small space - I can think of several places I could use that - thanks for posting!!
bluehwys 1st-May-2012 03:05 pm (UTC)
Thanks for looking! I'm glad it sparked some ideas.
etxeberria 30th-Apr-2012 01:23 am (UTC)
we have a zillion fat quarters that have no use... I think I just found one!
bluehwys 1st-May-2012 03:06 pm (UTC)
Yay! I'm glad it sparked some ideas.
cherany 30th-Apr-2012 06:27 am (UTC)
Super cute! I frame fabric sometimes, too. Equally nice is covering an art canvas in fabric. I got some canvases on clearance once and did just that. Turned out great!
bluehwys 1st-May-2012 03:08 pm (UTC)
I have heard about covering canvases in fabric, now that you mention it. How did you secure the fabric to the canvas?
cherany 1st-May-2012 03:41 pm (UTC)
I'm sure there are much better ways, but I personally secure the fabric on the backside with flat thumbtacks. You can't tell once it's hanging, because they're pressed into the frame, which is only visible from the backside of the canvas. My crafting ability doesn't really match up with my craft imagination, so I tend to do things sloppily when it won't show. ;P
meneleth 30th-Apr-2012 10:46 pm (UTC)
I never would have thought of hanging them over the door. Very clever! You did a really good job with the whole thing.
bluehwys 1st-May-2012 03:13 pm (UTC)
Thank you! I put them there because all of the color at that point was on the opposite side of the room, with the shower curtain and a few other colorful things I have in there, and the door side of the room was really plain and boring.
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