Tuesday 21 August 2012

Zakka - Week 21

This has been such a fun sew-a-long but  is sadly nearing the end.
This week's project is a sweet little picture frame, designed by Ayumi of Pink Penguin fame. I really love reading Ayumi's blog and admire her work, so decided I would have a go at making the frame.
It called for very thin chipboard that I reckon must be something else in the UK, not sure our chipboard is available in such thin sheets.
So, I used a thinnish, corrugated cardboard. I chose a selection of pink scraps for the patchwork.
Once the cardboard pieces were cut to size, and the patchwork made, it all came together reasonably fast.
Once finished, I wasn't convinced I'd do it again, but a friend called in today and thought it would make a lovely companion gift with a baby quilt, and of course, she's right, you could use up scraps from the quilt and have a co-ordinating set.
Just after that, I showed it to my daughter and was surprised at how much she liked it, so much so, she immediately claimed it for Ava's room!! Result.
I did actually intend stamping on the bottom of the frame (with ink, not my feet), but it has left the building rather quicker than I imagined...........
Vintage photograph will be replaced with something a little more up to date.

14 comments:

  1. What a lovely project - the idea of a photo frame to go with a baby quilt is a great one!

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  2. I think your photo frame turned out lovely. I too wouldn't do it again - not enough sewing and too much faffing for my liking. But it was worth doing once.

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  3. Oh, and I like the photo - I would keep it just as it is.

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  4. It's compressed cardboard! Their chipboard, it's compressed cardboard, like you get at the back of notebooks... you can get A0 sheets of it in the Art Store for about £2

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  5. I used very thin plywood, made for a rather chunky frame all the same! AND I cut it the wrong size, grrr!

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  6. I used very thin plywood, made for a rather chunky frame all the same! AND I cut it the wrong size, grrr!

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  7. Really sweet & glad it was so popular! I'm off to start mine now!

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  8. Looks cute to me! Is that you in the frame?? Or just some random cute girl with a bow in her hair!?

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  9. Lovely frame and I like the photo!

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  10. Your photo frame is so sweet. I used corrugated cardboard for mine too.

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  11. Oh I love your pink photo frame so much Sheila! Ava's picture looks great in it!! So sweet of your girl to take it before the glue was dry!!!

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  12. It looks so lovely! You did a much better job than me, I was also confused by chipboard and, not owning a saw, I used cardboard too!

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