Host Dena Fishbein shows you how to turn an ordinary cloth album into a thing of beauty.
Materials:
Kolo cloth album 2 colors of green gouache paint (fabric paint will also work) Water Paper towels Small paintbrush Trim Pompom trim Fabric flower bouquet Decorative paper Millennium marker (size .05 brown) 4 ribbon flowers Fabri-Tac Hot glue Scissors
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Draw little eyebrow shapes spaced evenly all over the album cover using a small thin paintbrush (figure A) and gauche or fabric paint.
Draw three leaves on each. Paint the stem a darker shade of green.
Outline leaves with the millennium marker.
Glue trim around the outside and inside edges of the cover.
Glue pompom trim to the inside of the album (figure B) with hot glue.
Lady Caroline Wrey's Finishing Touches: Inspirational and Practical Ideas for Embellishments for Your Home
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Lady Caroline Wrey
December 1999
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