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Kente Strip Picture Sash Learn how to make a Kente-fabric photo sash. From "Craft Lab" episode DCLB-117

Guest Lisa Shepard Stewart joins host Jennifer Perkins to demonstrate how she uses a strip of Kente fabric to make a beautiful photo sash.

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Guest Lisa Shepard Stewart creates a photo sash using a strip of Kente cloth.

Project Designed by Lisa Shepard Stewart.

Materials:

small photos framed (lightweight)
Kente cloth strip, or other narrow hand woven fabric
craft or fabric glue
craft weight fusible interfacing
gold ribbon

Kente Strip Picture Sash

1. Fold the Kente strip in half, studying the Kente strip pattern for repetitions and areas you want to highlight. (If strip must be cut to desired length, place a strip of transparent tape underneath the Kente cloth, to prevent raveling when the strip is cut.)

2. Cut fusible interfacing to the length, and width of the Kente strip. Apply fusible interfacing to the back section of the strip. Glue long edges of the Kente strip "front" and "back" together.

3. Position picture frames along the strip and glue into place. Hang.

RESOURCES :

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