DRAPING CURTAINS - ROSE

DIFFERENT STYLES OF DRAPING CURTAINS

THE ROSE

Hang your curtains in a different manner and lo and behold the look of your house is changed !

Curtains do much more than blocking the sunlight and maintaining your privacy, they also soften the look of the room. Hanging curtains in right fabrics and patterns in different ways can make your window look larger, smaller, wider or narrower than it really is, add height to the living room or give an oriental or romantic feel to the living room.

Here is style of hanging the same old curtain but draped in a different manner, this gives it a theatrical look. The draping done here is very simple…..

Step 1

Hang the curtain, scoop out the fabric from the middle as shown in the picture, hold it there. About 5 inches of the fabric is held by you in your fist.

Step 2

Twist the 5 inches that is out

Step 3

Roll it around, forming a circle

Step 4

And bring the tip through the circle formed

Step 5

The Tip comes out and is held there like a knot

This gives the appearance of a rose and you can see how beautiful this drape looks.

You can do this in fabrics which are not too sheer and slip off, if you so choose then you must hold the knot with a decorative pin.

If the curtain is made of heavy jacquard or cotton materials you cant drape it in this fashion.

The fabric should be light and able to hold the knot.

You can further enhance the look by tucking in an artificial flower or tying a bow.

BEJEWELLED FELT HANDPHONE COVER

BEJEWELLED FELT HANDPHONE COVER

Seeing my fellow bloggers using felt for the various art works, I bought felt cloth. I bought a packet of 3 pieces from a $2 craft store. Felt cloth is so soft and fluffy and the best part is it is washable. Since I got 3 different shades of blue I thought why not use all the 3 shades instead of using only one color and make a tri- colored handphone cover, so I placed my handphone and measured the width and height and cut 3 strips from the cloth and hand stitched the 2 strips deciding on the color scheme which was the lightest shade on top followed by the dark color and the medium shade, I felt this combo looked the best. The hand stitched ensured what I wanted. Then with the help of a sewing machine I stitched both strips to the centre strip. Since I use a bigger sized handphone, I couldn’t make the cover with the stripes vertical so I had to settle for the horizontal striped look for my cover. I decided which side would go inside and stitched on the sides and bottom and folded the top portion into a small piece for me to enable to insert a string as I wanted to incorporate the drawstring look. After this, I flipped the cover inside out. I inserted a string into the top niche. If we pull the string it becomes like a drawstring pouch.

Now comes the best part adorning it with a jewel. This came as an afterthought. Initially I didn’t have the idea of adorning it with any jewel, but when I opened my shoe rack I saw 2 pendants lying there and voila it was blue too. I had bought this slipper at Bugis market mainly because I had liked the pendants but never actually wore it, so I had given it to my maid as she needed a pair of slippers, Apparently one of the pendants came off when she wore it in the rain, so she had removed the other one also and kept it in the shoe rack. I washed it, dried it in the sun and then using super glue stuck it on to the middle portion of the cover and it looks like a handphone cover bought from the market.

FABRIC PAINTING ON CURTAINS

FABRIC PAINTING ON CURTAINS

I was tired of the green curtain hanging in my bedroom, but it is Yo’s absolute favorite as it ensures that the room is completely dark. I tried my best to convince him to buy a new one, but no matter what he moans for this one to be put back, so decided I will change the look of the curtain. Thanks to fabric paints, I drew spirals on the curtain and the curtain looks different so both of us are happy. Since its dark green in color I chose Yellow ochre color as it would be a good contrast and at the same time be subtle. Now it looks like as if the curtain already had the prints…like self imprint.You can see a close-up of the spiral design on the right. I am so hooked onto fabric painting that I want to paint every single fabric in the house.

FABRIC PAINTING ON A KNAPSACK

FABRIC PAINTING ON A KNAPSACK

August 22^nd was my friend’s son’s 5^th birthday. I was thinking of gifting him something unique as I am tired of gifting books and toys. I wanted something which he would enjoy and use at the same time. I also wanted it to be personalized. I pondered over all the possibilities and Yo came up with the idea of a knapsack. I thought that would definitely be different from the other gift ideas, but I didn’t want to buy a Cartoon knapsack or the general kiddy ones that are usually bought for kids. I wanted the knapsack to be personalized too, so went hunting for a knapsack which will have some place for me to do fabric painting and finally found this elegant knapsack with space to write on. We decided to buy it. It was a bit over budget, but since I got the one I wanted, I decided to go for it. I brought the knapsack home and was thinking of what to paint, I was afraid to spoil the expensive knapsack. I had also bought some expensive fabric paints and brush. It was the first time I was going to use a brush and fabric paints in tubes to write. I was scared to paint anything and spoil the bag so I decided I will just write his name. I chose black as the knapsack is red and grey in color and black would go best with it.

So I wrote his name“KRISH” using the Yummy Apology font.

This one's for Priyanka who keeps inspiring me to do more and more fabric painting. Every time I post a fabric painting , she will comment by saying " Iam waiting for more" She was also the person who inspired me to start fabric painting in the first place with the T-shirt gifted to me during our first KC-meet. Thanks Priyanka.

WARLI PAINTING ON FABRIC

WARLI PAINTING ON FABRIC

Since Iam not an artist I thought why not incorporate a Warli painting on my little one’s Tee- shirt.

Warli painting derives its name from a small tribe inhabiting the remote regions of Maharashtra, India.

Folk imagination, beliefs and customs are spontaneously expressed in these monochromatic tribal paintings.

Warli is a simple art form using geometric designs, dots and crooked lines.

Warli paintings are usually done in stark white against earthern backgrounds, but my little one wanted Red on her T-shirt, I used a red color for the motifs but highlighted it with a white color just for that dash of originality….anyways the background is blue, so we are not incorporating authentic Warli painting….. so here is a variation. This one is for my little one.

Iam planning to do a proper Warli painting later…..

Read about Warli paintings here;

http://www.ethnicpaintings.com/store/folk-art-paintings/warli-paintings/

Here is what I drew on the front;

On the front I drew a family of four, A man, a woman and 2 girls, which is a depiction of our family.

The man wears spectacles(initially he wasn’t wearing one, but my daughter insisted, “ Pappa wears spectacles so you must draw it.

The woman in the picture is me (Mamma, with bangles in the hand and a bun on the head, I don’t wear both, but this is just to depict the difference in the pictures),

My 5 year old has a pony tail and my little one has curly hair so the older one insisted I draw curly hair for the little one. Here is a close-up of the Tee-shirt (on your left)

On the back I wrote,

“WE ARE FAMILY, MY PARENTS AND MY SISTERS AND ME”…My little one is a Simpson’s fan.

I have also attempted to do a flower giving it a 3-D effect. I have mixed colors and highlighted with a yellow and white color and outlined the petals with black trying to give it a raised 3-D look.

Check the picture on your right to see the 3-D look.

Since this was my 5 year old’s Tee shirt, Art has been altered to suit to her needs.

So I can say it’s a Warli “ Inspired” Fabric Art.

"This is an ode to my birth place Maharashtra and also to the birth place of my better half and my first born. "

FABRIC PAINTING

Priyanka of Asankhana inspired me to take up Fabric painting. So here is my very first attempt to paint on Fabric.
It was so exciting to do fabric painting. I started on a small budget. Bought a $2 Tee shirt and bought cheaper fabric paints as I was not too sure if I could pull this one through like my talented KC mates.
But all at home are impressed with my art work and my daughter wants a painting done on her Tee-shirt too….
Here are the things I used to paint on

I used a ruler to draw straight lines, marking chalk to mark on the fabric, Fabric paints and a wooden ring (picture below)to keep the fabric tight and straight while drawing upon it. There should'nt be any folds or wrinkles while painting.

My maid belongs to a place called Ilo Ilo in Philippines and hence on the back of the Tee I wrote

I love(Heart shape) ILO ILO

On the Front I have tried to draw a Peranakan style Rose (inspired by my visit to the
Peranakan Museum @ Singapore)

Since my first attempt at Fabric Painting has been appreciated at home. Iam going to try more of it. Its fun, creative and makes a $2 Tee look like an expensive one.

Have bought more $2 shirts , one for my daughter and one for my husband and planning to do different themes for them too.