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Madonna and Child Pillow

Welcome to the Third Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop! (I wasn’t included in the first two years’, so I can’t vouch for the quality of those pre-me blog hops. Just kidding, crafters. Put those craft blades down.) But this year, I know it’s going to rock. We’ve come together to create and share a series of handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3-day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to create something from the heart this holiday season as well as share how to use these products in fun, innovative ways.

My handmade holiday gift for today is something I love so much, I’m not  going to give it away. It’s a holiday pillow decorated with the Madonna and Child – Madonna Ciccone and Julia Child, to be exact. To make it, I used Craft Attitude printable film and a technique I’ve never tried before. While I usually apply Craft Attitude film with spray adhesive or a glue stick, I used fusible web to apply it to a canvas pillow cover from Canvas Corp. And it worked great!

madonna_child_pillow2Step 1: I printed my images on sheets of Craft Attitude printable film using my inkjet printer. I know I could’ve ganged them up onto fewer than 3 sheets, but oh well. Craft Attitude is actually a line of printable films including Shoe Attitude, Jewelry Attitude, Wood Attitude, etc. Any of the Craft Attitude films would work for this project. And be sure to print the images in reverse. (Notice the backwards ampersand.)

madonna_child1Step 2: Trim the image, but leave some extra space around it. Then cut a piece of fusible web that is slightly bigger than the image. That way, every part of the image will have fusible web on it. Place the fuzzy side of the fusible web against the ink side of the Craft Attitude film. Sandwich the Craft Attitude and fusible web between some press cloth, and iron the two together, following the directions of the fusible web. Hint: I actually iron on a wooden cutting board rather than an ironing board because I get a firmer press that way.

madonna_child2Step 3: After ironing the two pieces together, peel off the protective backing from the fusible web. It will be stuck on really well, and it may come off in several pieces. You will also notice that the image has a bunch of gunky stuff on it. Don’t worry, that’s the fusible web. You want that.

madonna_child3Step 4: The images of Madonna and Julia Child were easy because they were rectangles. For the ampersand, I trimmed the image so there wasn’t a lot of excess film around it.

madonna_child4Step 5: I placed the images face down on the canvas pillow in the desired position. Placing a press cloth on top, I ironed the images following the directions of the fusible web.

madonna_child5Step 6: Finally, I peeled off the protective backing of the Craft Attitude film to reveal the perfectly applied images. I was so happy this worked! Like I said, I had never used fusible web with Craft Attitude before, and this worked so well in making the images permanent. So I guess you could say, when it came to fusible web, I was “like a virgin.”

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And be sure to hop on over to see today’s other fabulous products and projects.

Sizzix – Eileen Hull Designs http://eileenhull.blogspot.com/
Donna Salazar Designs – Mistra Hoolahan http://mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com/
100 Proof Press – Elise Durenburger http://mamacowcreations.blogspot.com/
ICE Resin – Lexi Grenzer http://iceresin.com/icequeen/
Graphic 45 – Rhea Freitag http://starrgazercreates.blogspot.com/
Clearsnap – Debbie Cole http://www.debbiecole.com
Smoothfoam – Vicki O’Dell http://www.vickiodell.com
100 Proof Press – Teresa Abajo  http://thetamarisk.blogspot.com/
Sizzix –  Amy Bowerman http://pluckingdaisies.com/
ICE Resin – Jo DeSerio Jones http://shopjomama.blogspot.com/
Smoothfoam – Lisa Fulmer http://lisalizalou.blogspot.com/

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