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Here at Sew we're always thinking up new ways to create with fabric, so when designer Corinne Bradd suggested we use our home computers to decorate our projects we just had to find out more! By simply feeding the material into an inkjet printer you can totally personalise any make with photos, text and more. The possibilities are endless, so have fun!
Embellished Scrapbook
Lay out a 20cm x 30cm piece of white polycotton (right side facing downwards) and iron a 20cm x 30cm sheet of fusible webbing onto it to secure. Leave the backing paper of the webbing in place. Divide and cut the rectangle into quarters, to give four 10cm x 15cm pieces.
Set your computer and printer to work with 10cm x 15cm sheets and a matt paper setting. Print your desired photographs onto the fabric, ensuring that the material is fed into the printer right side up (the paper backing should be facing downwards).
Whilst the prints are cooling, cut the piece of orange polycotton in half, to give two 30cm x 40cm pieces. Once dry, peel the paper backing from the prints, and crop the pictures as necessary. Arrange in the centre of one of the pieces of orange fabric (set the other aside for later) and pin them into place.
Iron the remaining fusible webbing onto the wrong side of several pieces of scrap fabric, and cut into 1cm wide strips. Use these pieces to frame the printed pictures, overlapping at the corners and cutting the ends at a slant. You can also incorporate ribbons into the design at this stage if you’d like. Ensure that your design does not occupy a 5cm border around the edge of the orange rectangle.
Once you are happy with the composition, fuse all of the components into place with a cool iron. Cut small heart motifs from the fabric scraps and fuse them into position in the same way.
Work embroidery stitches around the edge of each fabric piece by hand, using an assortment of techniques in varying colours o
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