This fabric on canvas art uses fun, patterned fabric for the background. Just add a painted wood cut out to the front for instant wall decor.
Skills Required: None. Even if you’ve never crafted before, you can make this project. You’ll be applying fabric on canvas with decoupage medium, then painting a wood piece and placing it on top.
Hey there! As you may or may not know, I’ve been working on doing some fabric canvas art for my place – inexpensive but cute. I dug through my fabric scraps the other day and found some Denyse Schmidt County Fair fabric.
It turned out there was just enough to cover a 12″ x 16″ canvas, so the wheels started turning. I then looked through my surface bin, and found a wood bird cutout.
Don’t remember when or where I got this particular one, but I’ve seen similar at several craft stores, especially in the seasonal section.
Anyhoo, I completed this canvas project in less than an afternoon. It’s SO easy, even a beginning crafter can do it! Here’s how I made this art with fabric and Mod Podge.
Gather These Supplies
- Canvas, 12″ x 16″
- Mod Podge Gloss (because this is not a heavy wear item and will hang on the wall, you can use this to prepare your fabric too)
- Scrap of fabric to cover canvas
- Wood piece to put on the front
- Acrylic Paint – You’ll obviously want to match your fabric. I used the following:
- FolkArt Acrylic Paint – Coastal Blue
- Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – Wedgewood Green
- Flat paintbrush
- Craft glue
- Staple gun or small nails and hammer
One more thing – if you don’t find a wood piece that you like, consider painting something on the front of the fabric using a freezer paper stencil technique. Or you can paint freehand on top of Mod Podge.
Get the printable how to card below:
Decoupage Fabric on Canvas
Equipment
- Flat paintbrush
- Staple gun or small nails and hammer
Materials
- Canvas(es) 12″ x 16″
- Mod Podge Gloss
- Scrap of fabric to cover canvas
- Wood embellishment to put on the front
- Acrylic paint
- Craft glue
Instructions
- Using a brush, paint a light coat of Mod Podge onto your fabric. Allow to dry. This will allow you to cut the fabric like paper without frayed edges.
- Paint your wood piece in the colors of your choice. Allow to dry.
- Seal the wood piece with Mod Podge and let dry.
- Time to attach the fabric to the canvas. I used a staple gun, starting on one edge and stretching the fabric across. My method was bottom, top, then sides. I finished at a corner.
- Tuck the corner, trim, and staple. I made "flower" like corners – tucking the two parts under on each side and then folding down. Repeat with the remaining corners.
- Use your glue to glue your embellishment onto the canvas. Let dry for several hours before hanging.
Notes
Now that you know how to cover a canvas with fabric, you need more DIY wall art ideas, right? Here are some other cool ideas:
Button Canvas Art • Comic Wall Art • Decoupage Napkins on Canvas • DIY Quote Art • Doily Wall Art • Dress Art • Embroidery Hoop Wall Art • Image to Canvas • Instagram Mini Canvases • Magazine Collage • Map Canvas Art • Monogram Canvas • Mount Pictures on Canvas • Paint Chip Art • Paint Swatch Art • Photo Booth Canvas • Photo Transfer to Canvas • Photo Wall Collage • Plastic Animal Canvases • Poster on Canvas
JHill
Sunday 27th of June 2010
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Saturday 26th of June 2010
That looks awesome!Thanks for sharing @ Anything Related!
Fawnda
Friday 25th of June 2010
Amy-I love the little birdie! too cute! :)
Megan @ Megity's Handmade
Friday 25th of June 2010
Country Fair was one of my favorite lines! This canvas is super cute!
Ann @ makethebestofthings
Thursday 24th of June 2010
Love the dimensional bird and branch on your great graphic print. Very creative!