Learn How to Decoupage Fabric

Many people who do crafting projects often may not think that you can decoupage fabric onto furniture or other items as well as pictures. If you would like to decoupage an item but have a favorite piece of fabric that you want to show off, you can use that fabric in order to make a beautiful project.

Decoupage is a craft that allows you to add pictures to an item or piece of furniture to where it will be a permanent fixture and will not be easily disturbed. This type of craft helps to liven up old furniture or allows a person to display a picture or photograph on something other than in a picture frame.

When you decoupage fabric onto a piece of furniture, you need to make sure that the surface of the furniture is level and clear of the laminate that is usually painted on furniture to protect it. You can do this by sanding it down and making sure that it is clean and dry. This will assure that the glue will help the fabric to adhere to the piece of furniture nicely. Once this is done, you can paint the piece of furniture the color that you want it to be where the fabric will not placed.

You also need to remember that fabric will have a tendency to stretch so you want to make sure that you cut your fabric a little smaller than what the actually area is where you want to put it. Once you have added the decoupage to the fabric, it will be very hard to cut. You want to make sure that your decoupage fabric has no frayed ends as well. Once you have your fabric ready, then you are ready to decoupage it to your piece of furniture.

There are two different ways that you can work with the decoupage fabric. You can either add the glue to the fabric itself, or you can add it to the piece of furniture. Most reviews of this craft from people who have done it before, state that it was much easier for them to add the glue to the furniture surface first because they were more able to move the fabric around in order to make sure it was positioned correctly. Once in the right position, then you can add a good amount of glue to the surface for the sealant.

Karen

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