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November 21, 2011 by Mariel

Light and Airy Wall Art (she: Allison)

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My name is Allison and I started my blog little lovelies in February of this year. As a full time employee and full time mom, I needed something for myself. Having a blog has given me the motivation to make time for me while doing something that I love. I share all sorts of things on my blog: crafts, shopping finds, and bits of our family life – all the little lovelies that make my life so wonderful.

So, this is part two of my light & airy wall art. (You can see part 1 here)
 
I really love how the embroidered paper airplane came out – I think it fits perfectly with the pinwheels. 
I traced (with a water soluble pen) a paper airplane onto some scrap cloth and embroidered with a simple back stitch. 

Easy! Really! It took me about 30 minutes. Satisfaction for my instant gratification loving soul. 
After I embroidered the piece, I backed the cloth with fabric stabilizer. I know this seems backwards. Usually you use fabric stabilizer during embroidery, but I don’t like to. But because I wanted to frame the piece without glass, I knew the cloth would need to be a little more rigid to hold up in the frame without sagging. Enter fabric stabilizer. After backing the fabric, I cut it down to size and popped it in the frame. 

 Onto the hot air balloon. I started by sketching out a hot air balloon, then cutting it out to use as a template to trace with. 
 
You can see my awesome sketching skills. Ha! 
I stitched the pieces down with embroidery thread and added a little basket. Very simple but lovely results. 
I really hope you have enjoyed this project!
~ Allison
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  1. J Johstoneaux says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    Super cute!  I’d love to do something like this for my 3 little boys!  Thanks for sharing!

  2. Desiree Spalding says

    February 28, 2012 at 6:58 am

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  3. Desiree Spalding says

    February 28, 2012 at 6:59 am

    Stunning hanging art. I really can’t wait to try this at home. I love the colors and it will blend perfectly ion my room.

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