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African Batik Mat Frame Learn how to make your photos pop with a unique African batik mat. From "Craft Lab" episode DCLB-117

Guest Lisa Shepard Stewart joins host Jennifer Perkins to create framed photo by attaching batik fabric to the mat with fusible webbing.

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Guest Lisa Shepard Stewart shows you how to attach batik fabric to a photo frame mat.

Project designed by Lisa Shepard Stewart.

Materials:

photo
picture frame with mat
African batik fabric or similar (color-coordinated to photo)
1/2 yd. of HTCS Trans Web paper-backed fusible web

African Batik Mat Frame

1. Separate the mat from the picture frame.

2. Cut fabric to the size of the mat, plus at least two inches all around. Apply fusible web to the wrong side of the fabric.

3. Cut away the center of the fabric so that at least a 1" border remains around the inner edges of the mat.

4. Center the fabric over the mat and fuse. Clip the inner corners and fold in and then fuse. Fold in the outer edges of the fabric; fuse. Fuse again from the front of the mat for a smooth, secure bond.

5. Assemble the photo, mat and frame and then hang.

RESOURCES :

Batik Fabric
Cultured Expressions, Inc.
Website: www.CulturedExpressions.com

Global Expressions: Decorating With Fabrics from Around the World
by Lisa Shepard
ISBN: 0873492900
Krause Publications

African Accents: Fabrics and Crafts to Decorate Your Home
by Lisa Shepard
0873417895
Krause Publications

GUESTS :

Lisa Shepard Stewart
Cultured Expressions Inc.
Website: www.culturedexpressions.com
E-mail: info@culturedexpressions.com