Easy Peasy Wall Art Revisited

Creating Easy Fabric Wall Art

One of our more popular blog posts was a DIY Tutorial from 2011: EASY PEASY WALL ART.  We shared and demonstrated how to attach fabric to an old or used canvas, as shown below.

This past week we shared our crafting knowledge, skills and tools with two young roommates furnishing their first college apartment.

Their fabric choice: "In Crowd" by Alexander Henry.  Quite "hip", isn't it!

Using a canvas they purchased for $3, they got right to work with the staple gun and scissors.

 Stretch, smooth, staple, stretch, smooth, staple, cut and repeat....

Picking Daisies was quite a center of activity and creation that day...

And Voila!  Easy Peasy!  Here they are, showing off their finished product, though there was some attempt to upstage the faces on the fabric.

It's at home in their apartment now - just look at this stylish hallway!

Folklorico Fabric

*NEW* Folklorico designs from Alexander Henry Fabrics

They are quite maravilloso!

Folklorico Fabrics available at Picking Daisies

But let me tell you why I really love this line...

San Luis Obispo is where I live.  And really, the Zocalo print looks just like San Luis Obispo!

We've got the following fabric (and NAPKINS) at Picking Daisies.  Click on the fabric names to view more detail.

La Virgencita in Tea

La Virgencita in Black

Zocalo in Tea

La Marionetas in Pink

La Paloma in Tea

Sombrero in Black

Life, Love and Liberty

Liberty Sparkler
from Alexander Henry Fabric's "Life, Love and Liberty" Collection

Perfect fabric (and NAPKINS) to take you from Memorial Day, through Flag Day, all the way to Independence Day.

 Available for you at Picking Daisies!

Links:

to the fabric

to the napkins

Alexander Henry - Metro Collection

From The Metro Collection

We're in love with these fabulous prints from the always cutting edge Alexander Henry Fabrics...

In the Black/Bright color-way:

Bistro 

Villette

D-Orsay

And in the Indigo/Tea color-way:

Bistro

Bon Point

Made into napkins, table linens, and sewing projects, they are stand-out prints. You can see them all here!

New Fabric - Love City

New Alexander Henry Fabric - Love City

... and just in time for Valentine's Day.  We love the striking taupe/grey and ivory color tones in contrast with the light and whimsical sketches of love in the city.

Another wonderfully unique print from Alexander Henry, and we have fabric and napkins. available for you at Picking Daisies.

New Fabric - Hay Wire

New Alexander Henry Fabric: Hay Wire in Yellow

We adore the fabrics from Alexander Henry Fabrics because of their avant-garde design, and this new print is no exception.  Reminiscent of Mid-Century art, this fabric is really wowing us!

Fabric and napkins are now available at Picking Daisies.

New Fabric - Asian Floral

Kaori Floral by Alexander Henry Fabrics

Indochine is Alexander Henry's fabric line of pan-Asian inspired designs. Kaori Floral is one of their latest additions and we love it!

We now have it available at Picking Daisies in dinner napkins and as yardage.

Lovely, isn't it?

New Fabric - Mustaches!

Where's My Stache? from Alexander Henry Fabrics

This little treasure has arrived at Picking Daisies, and it's available in yardage and napkins.

Our brains are spinning with ideas and possibilities.  What fun we will have!

How would you use this fabric? We'd love to hear your ideas.

Farmdale Napkins

We've been waiting for what seems like ages for Alexander Henry's wonderful Farmdale fabrics to arrive. Take a look at how adorable they are and you'll know why we were so anxious to get our hands on them.




Their fabric names are (l-r clockwise) Blossom, Crossing, Curio, and Delicious. We got busy right away sewing them into our wonderful napkins and they are now available either in the set you see above, or individually.