Paper Quilt

This was such a fun project for the kids!!  I got this idea from a talented designer at Spoonflower named Diane Frazier.  You can check out her shop of beautiful, fun and unique fabric designs here at dianef.  She's from Kansas just like me!  She had her son do this wonderful paper quilt and posted it on Facebook.  She also has his paper quilt for sale as a fabric design that you can purchase at her shop.  Check out his wonderful design titled Child's Play.  I couldn't wait to try this out with my own kids.

Here's how to make a Paper Quilt:

Materials

•  Large piece of foam poster board
•  Strathmore Bristol Vellum Surface 20 sheets
   (card stock paper or any kind of heavy paper will do)
•  Washable markers
•  Scissors
•  Glue sticks

Instructions

1.  First cut 20 - 4" by 4" square sheets.  Then on a protected surface color each square with the washable markers.

2.  After each square is colored with the markers now cut each square into 4 - 2" by 2" smaller squares to make a total of 80 squares.

3.  Put the foam poster board on the table and get your glue sticks and your 80 - 2" by 2" squares and place them on the poster board until the paper quilt is the way you want it to be.  Then start gluing down the squares with the glue sticks onto the foam poster board. 

4.  After the squares have dried to the foam poster board cut the poster board around the edges.  Now you have a lovely paper quilt.

5.  We haven't done this step yet but we can't wait.  Go to a flea market or Goodwill store and purchase a frame to paint any color that would go best with your paper quilt.  Hang the quilt to the wall and then place the frame around the quilt to showcase your art.

Here are the kids proudly showing off their work.

  

This was such a great activity for the kids because it did teach them the process of quilting.  After some time passed of placing the squares to glue them down they could tell which ones would compliment each other and which ones would not as much.  Now we have a box full of theme ideas for our next paper quilt.  Flowers, foods, shapes, my leftover gelli arts and animals to name a few!           

Spoonflower Collage

I am so excited!  This week my design was chosen to be in the Spoonflower collage.  It's probably silly really but for some reason I just think it's so cool to have my design be in the collage they put together to announce the new weekly contest.  This will be my second time to be in a collage.  The first time was in the Paper Collage Cakes Contest.  My fabric design Cupcakes is now available for purchase.  If you would like to see my newest collection please click on Gone Camping.  If you are interested in purchasing any of the fabrics please contact me and I will make it available for purchase as soon as possible. 

Spoonflower really has a great blog to check out.  They are always posting interviews with designers, information about the contests, weekly giveaways, helpful tutorials and fun creative ideas for craft and fabric projects.  Definitely worth your time to check it out!  If you would like to take a look at Spoonflower's blog please click here.   You can also keep up to date with what's new at Spoonflower on Facebook by clicking Like.  Here is the Spoonflower Facebook Link.  Featured on Spoonflower's Facebook Wall you will see the Camping Contest Collage that I am so excited about.

 

Camping Contest Collage

 

My design Gone Camping is in the third row down fourth one over.

Paper Collage Cakes Contest Collage

My design Cupcakes is in the first row on the top third one over.

 

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