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1. Fabric Display Intro: If you're a collector
of beautiful fabrics or a fabric designer
and looking for some great ways to show off
and admire your fabric, then you're in the right place. Hi, I'm Jo Simpson, a fabric designer, quilt designer
and sewing teacher. I have years and years of sewing experience and started fabric design more recently. We know it's important for
fabric designers to have a variety of ways to show off and enjoy new
fabric designs. Sewn samples and mock-ups
are great choices, but what if you don't
know how to sew yet or want to highlight
your fabric in an easy, unique, or quick way? I have the answer for you
here in this 3 No Sew Ways to Display Fabric class. These projects can
double as fabric displays to catch the eye
of your audience on social, use in fairs, or market displays. Or if you're just
wanting to be surrounded with your favorite
fabrics in your studio. These three projects
are great for that too. The three projects are
Fun Pinked Samples, Stylish Framed Fabric,
Perfectly Covered Canvas, and a Bonus: Reinvented Hoops. Each project has
its own supply list at the beginning of each one. This class is perfect
for beginners. The steps are all pretty
simple and quick. By the end of this class you'll have a great
fabric display and maybe be inspired
to create more. See you in Lesson One.
2. Fabric Display Project: The project in this
class will be to create 1 to 3 fabric displays. You don't need to go
in order though, the easiest is first. You'll only need to share one completed display
in the gallery. We would love some close-ups
to gush over your fabric. And most importantly,
have fun with this. Up next, the materials
you need for the Fun Pinked Samples.
3. Fun Pinked Samples: We have everything
we need, our fabric, that's at least 4 by 6 inches, our pinking shears, paper scissors, a pen, or you could use a fabric
pen, whichever you want, and paper or cardstock that
we're going to cut up, and a ruler. So we're going to
start by measuring out a four by six inch rectangle. That will be our template. Four inches from that side. I'm going to measure six inches from this side. Just connect the dots. Okay, So there's our 4 " by 6 ". Cut that out with
paper scissors. There's our template.
So we'll take our fabric, I would use the back
when I'm drawing on it. And I would use an erasable pen, like a Frixion pen
that erases with the iron or use a pencil, but for the video, I'm
going to do a dark pen so we can see it. I'm not worried about this
edge because I'm going to cut it with the pinking shears. That's okay too. We're going to
take the pinking shears, just going a little above the line because I don't want the black to show through the white. Then of course we need to do
the other two sides. These are fun scissors that
I haven't used in awhile. There we have it and for design, I always
like to go on odd numbers. So I'm gonna go ahead and
cut out three or five. And then we'll clip
them on and display them.
4. Stylish Framed Fabric: For our stylish framed fabric, we need a photo frame any size, a piece of fabric
that will fit in there. Fabric scissors and
a pen, or erasable pen. Open this up. And just
looking at this paper, and this glass that
could be helpful. So let's see if this
paper fits in here. It does so I could
cut it that size. I wouldn't see any of the
fabric or any of the back piece behind the
fabric sticking out. So we could go with this
size or a little bigger. I can use this to kinda
see what looks good. Kinda like that. I could just frame
this one here. It's kinda neat. I don't want a big space in the middle. I don't think? We'll
go with this one. So I'm just going to
flip it over because I can see through this fabric Get the glass to trace I think that looks good. Check that top tracing. So yes, it did. I wasn't sure. I want to carefully put this glass back in. If you are using
a piece of paper that's really close to the size of the frame that you see. You could use a
little bit of tape to keep the fabric exactly
where you want it. Okay. I don't remember
which way was up. I should've mentioned we should make sure
our glasses clean before putting it in
and this isn't so I'm just gonna get
some cleaner quickly. I'm just going to use a little vinegar water
on the paper towel. Everything else
is on the outside. Take a little peek. It's not really working. Back in, and take a little peek. Yeah, that looks good. So now I want to
make sure I know which way is up for
hanging or displaying. So yeah, that's the top
the top of my frame. Hey, that looks great. Now I can clean the
front of my frame. Looking perfect. That spot is on the inside so
I could go and fix it, which I probably will after. That's ready to go.
5. Perfectly Covered Canvas: Okay, I've got a
large piece of fabric larger than your canvas
by a few inches. Your scissors, canvas, pen. I'm going to look
at my fabric and choose any motifs I
really like, I like those little
guys. This one's nice. I like the tree. Those,
those ones are cute. So I want to see that area. Let's see how it looks on there. So you can wrap it and
see how you like it. Kinda want more of
this tree on top. I like the look of that and I
like this tree there too. Okay. I'm going to flip it over use a ruler around it
that might be helpful. Just going to turn it. Square enough. Just kinda go. Check the
edge of your Canvas, makes sure you're
going past that. wrap. about how the canvas is on here,
anywhere around there. So I'm just going to go
generous around here. If you're not quite sure how
it's going to line up, you could go a
little bit bigger. I think that'll be
good for our corner. I'm going to trim this
down a little more. There's way too much to tape on.. You could use packing tape. I'm going to use a painter's
tape so that we can see it all for this video. I'm going to pull in
nice and tight. I'll trim as I go if I need to cut more off, It looks really good. So I want to stick it
really good to the fabric. Give it a little pull and stick it really good to the
fabric. Give it a little pull. I'm going to do the edges first. And then we'll do
the corners last because they'll be
a little different. Tugging this one as I put it on. Now that I have two
sides and I'm going to check, see how it's looking. Good. So I'm going to keep going. The other two sides. Okay, so for the corner, I'm just going to fold
it right against there. Then just pull that
across and down. And it should be even
with that side. If you have too
much fabric there, you can trim it too. If it's too bulky. Do the same for the
other corners. Push up so it's flat. Looks like a nice present. Push it flat to the corner. Over and down. It's ready to be propped
on your desk against the wall or with a nail in wall
and hang it up. Looks great.
6. Bonus: Reinvented Hoops: Okay, we'll take a hoop, fabric, pen, something a bit
bigger than the hoop, a roll of tape works. A lid, a glass, or a hoop
a size bigger could work. Just gonna see what we like. Those are all good. I like
that guy with the glasses, but would it look weird if it
has that? I think so. Okay, let's
go with this one, then we're not wasting
a lot of fabric. Flip the fabric over, trying
to aim for the middle. It's not really the middle, but it'll do. I'm going to actually
cut it in a bit here. Okay. Now for the fun part, okay, so that's the top. So I kinda wanna have
them going up the right way. Getting it straight away. lining up the
motif with the inner circle. Let's look at it close.
Looks perfect. Okay. I'm going to tighten it up. Hang this on closet door. You could hang it on a Christmas
tree. That'll be cute.
7. Thank You: Well, how did it go? Thanks for joining
me in this class. You've learned
some fun skills to showcase your
one-of-a-kind work. Make sure you have your photos posted and I'll go
check them out. We'll see you next time.
Jo Simpson, Fabric Designer & Sewing Teacher
