Collage Style Night Lamp
What You'll Need:
Bottom View of Lamp
~fast2fuse Interfacing-standard or heavyweight will work (C&T Publishing**)
fast2fuse packages
~All images are by The Vintage Workshop:Art-To-Wear
book with CD (C&T Publishing**)
~AMACO WireFrames, square style (by American Art Clay Co.*)
~FunWire 18 gauge black, FunWire 24 gauge pearl gold-vinyl coated
wire (Americal Art Clay Co.*)
~2 sheets of specially treated printable fabric for inkjet printers
(+See tips below!)
~Computer with inkjet printer, or have color copies made from
the provided book images!
~Single bulb electrical cord with on and off switch "lightworks"
~Fabric stiffener-white thin liquid in bottle (I use Aleene's)
~1/4 yard solid light colored cotton or muslin fabric (for inside lamp)
~Masking tape
~Fabric scissors and Metalworks scissors (Fiskars)
~1/8" hole punch tool (the hand held type)
~Extra fine point felt tip marker
~Iron, or Clover brand small craft iron tool
Optional: Hand held hair dryer
**C&T Publishing has a huge line of books, as well as craft products.
You can visit them online for more inforamtion at: the C&T website
Visit AMACO online to view full line of Art & Craft products at the:
American Art Clay Company Website
+Fabric Sheet Tips: In higher humidity the "sew-in type fabric
sheets" may tend to curl slightly which can jam up in your
printer. This may occur in any weather actually, straight from
the pack! To avoid this, place a piece of masking tape
across the entire top and bottom edges on the paper side
of the fabric sheet before printing. Trim tape right to the
side edges. Also, if the tape causes the fabric sheet to curl,
roll the sheet in the opposite curve to flatten it back out
and hold in the roll for a minute. place only one single
sheet inside printer tray at a time.
1. Create a bottom "shelf" for lamp works. Measure the bottom
opening of WireFrame, and cut mesh 1/2" larger on each side
so it can be rolled over bars. Cut out a center hole just large
enough for "works" when prongs are squeezed together
(not for bulb size!)
2. Clip out the corners as shown to fit around legs of Wireframe.
Secure shelf inside and roll edges over bottom square sides
of WireFrame. Attach provided elastic straps to WireFrame
as shown on inside of package.
3. Place solid fabric in ziplock bag and pour in about 2
tablespoons of fabric stiffener liquid. Close bag and squeeze
and roll the bag in your hands to saturate the fabric. Allow
to dry, flat or blow dry with hair dryer, flipping over
occasionally. This prevents fraying and makes the
fabric easy to cut. Iron fabric smooth.
4. Cut eight, 8" long pieces of 24 gauge black FunWire.
Tightly wrap each corner of the WireFrame with FunWire,
wrapping in different directions and through the loops on
corners to secure to frame. Do NOT wrap wire
through mesh shelf.
5. Remove elastic straps. Measure the openings on the WireFrame.
6. Re-size 4-6 chosen images from the CD, by opening them up
in a photo program. Size them so that they just fit inside the
WireFrame openings.
DESIGN TIP: Remember that collage has lots of layering of images,
so if you can, layer one over the other within your photo program,
name it and save it, then insert the picture/image to your
document. I like to place two images touching vertically on
the side panels with a bar across the center.
7. Place several images to fill up an 8 1/2" x 11" area on a
computer "document".
8. Place one single sheet of treated printable fabric into the
print cartridge tray and print images from document.
9. Cut out images while paper backing is still attached.
Remove paper backing evenly so fabric doesn't stretch.
10. Following instructions on the fast2fuse interfacing
package, cut a piece of interfacing the same size
(but not larger) as the images.
TIP: Avoid allowing your iron to touch the interfacing surface at all times.
11. Iron images to one side of interfacing and allow to cool.
Flip panels over, place onto stiffened fabric and cut fabric
approximately 1/4" larger all around the panel.
12. Iron fabric to the back of interfacing. Trim edges to
panel size.
13. Using a "hole placement template" (see how to create one
at the bottom of these instructions below), make tiny hole
placement dots with marker for the holes, along
each 'solid fabric side' edge.
14. Punch holes through all three layers using 1/8" hole punch.
15. Measure a piece of 24 gauge gold FunWire so it is 3 times the
length of the WireFrame height.
16. Tape the printed panels into the WireFrame opening
with masking tape.
17. Wrap the wire 3-4 times over the black FunWire "knot"
on the bottom corner loop of WireFrame (as in step 3 above)
to secure.
18. Whipstitch through two image panel side edges and around
the pole. When you reach the top of the WirFrame, wrap
the end around the black FunWire knot and clip excess wire
with Metalworks scissors. Repeat wiring
for remaining 3 sides of night lamp.
19. Remove bulb from light works, insert base into hole by squeezing
prongs. Insert bulb from top of lamp. You're finished!
Accessary Keeper
Girls through adults can organize their jewelry and barrettes...
all in one place! Mom's and Grandmas like to purchase items to keep
little ones' things neat and tidy! Just follow these 10
easy steps for a great craft item.
What You'll Need:
~AMACO WireFrames, square style (by American Art Clay Co.*)
~AMACO WireForm Black Coated Modeler's Mesh (American Art Clay Co.*)
~AMACO FunWire, 24 gauge black vinyl coated wire (Americal Art Clay Co.*)
~Metalworks scissors (Fiskars)
~Low-tack masking tape
1. Attach provided elastic straps as shown on square WireFrames package.
2. Cut one mesh rectangle panel to fit (just inside) one side opening
of the WireFrame, using Metalworks scissors. This will become
the back side for earrings (see photo above).
3. Cut one smaller mesh panel to just fit inside a side 'window'
of the WireFrame.
4. Tape the panels in place so that when you attach them you'll be
weaving wire through two adjoining side panel edges at
the same time.
5. Unwind a few feet of FunWire at a time and 'whipstitch' two panel edges
to the frames by wrapping the wire around the Wireframe
pole and through each square in the closest row of the mesh panel.
6. Cut a bottom panel to just fit inside the 'front to back' poles
of WireFrame, and add 3/4" longer for the 'side to side' measurement.
Wrap the side edges around the side poles to secure, then
whipstitch the front and back edges to the adjoining poles.
7. Shape two 1 1/4" high hearts with 18 gauge FunWire leaving two
long tails. Finished pieces should be about 2 1/2" high.
8. Clip tails even then add to the top corners using 24 gauge wire.
9. Create six modeler's wire mesh barette panels, making them 4
squares across by 3 1/2" long.
10. Fold one row of squares under at the bottom of strip, and
secure to top poles only of WireFrame sides by wrapping.
Strips should swing freely.
Small Seasonal Items Sell Well Also!
What You'll Need:
Vintage Images on Art To Wear CD (or scan book), HEAVYWEIGHT
fast2fuse interfacing, *AMACO gold or silver ArtEmboss metal
foil tape, clear heavyweight crafting plastic or clear
shrink plastic (both by Aleene's/Duncan), metallic leaf felt
pens, light color cotton or muslin fabric, fuzzy fiber trims,
metal bar pinbacks, Aleene's 7800 All-Purpose adhesive and
Fast Grab Tacky glue
Glass-Look Jewelry (adapted from Art-To-Wear Charms pg. 111 in book)
1. Follow steps #6-#12 above of "Collage Style Night Lamp", sizing
your images to desired pin and earring size.
2. Place images on plastic and cut to same size with heavy sharp scissors.
3.Inroll a few inches at a time of foil tape, and secure,
centered, around edge of all layers of images.
4. Punch a 1/16" hole near the top center edge.
5. Attach earring to a loop in an earring hook using a round or
oval jump ring and pliers.
6. For pins, secure a bar pin back near the top, centered, on back of pin.
7. It's nice to finish the back side with foil tape, or
color with a metallic leaf pen.
Fabric Pins with a Soft Touch:
1. Follow steps #6-#12 above of "Collage Style Night Lamp", sizing
your images to jewelry pin size.
2. Secure fibers or cording around the pin to cover interfacing
layer edge using tacky glue.
3. Secure pinback near top edge, centered, using 7800 adhesive.
4. Glue on any embessishments such as a small rhinestone
or sequin and allow to dry.
5. It's nice to finish the back side with foil tape, or
color with a metallic leaf pen.
Here are Even More Craft Ideas!
Another idea is to combine image panels with earring panels
for a useful yet stylish organizer. Below I have used the
techniques explained above to create a teen/adult style
jewelry holder.
1. Attach mesh around the two larger and
two smaller openings with 24 gauge FunWure.
2. Add an image panel to one smaller opening, and also create a
round image for a "pin" cushion shelf.
3. Attach pin cushion by punching 4 holes near edges of shelf and string
together with 24 gauge wire to the four WireFrame corners.
4. Whipstitch the small image in place with the same wire, and
whala, it's done! The only difference is when
using the "round" style WireFrame (see photo of product
above) you slighty bend and arch the mesh panels, before
attaching, to conform to the round Wireframe shape.
Oranaments can be great sellers for trees as well as image garlands
for mantels.
1. Create these the same way you made the night lamp panels above,
although do NOT punch holes on the edges.
2. Then, simply add ribbon, rickrack, cording or a frayed
fabric edge to your images. It's that easy!
Making a Hole Placement Template
What You'll Need:
A pencil, ruler, 7"L x 1 1/2"W piece of heavy cardstock,
1/8" hole punch tool (the hand held type), sturdy scissors
1. Using ruler, draw a straight line 3/16" from the side edge of
your cardstock.
2. Now make tick marks at every 1/2" interval.
3. Punch holes over each tick mark. This will be a great tool to
mark even holes in the side edges of image panels.
TIP: If you remove the cover off of the hole punch tool (open cover,
pinch together and pull out), you will see the tick marks to punch.
