Sin City Stamps has two new plates of Alice in Wonderland stamps! You can see them here and here.
I decided to create a Wonderland Tea with mine. The first piece I made was a centerpiece for the table.
I started with a vintage linen centerpiece. I love the lace border! A little dip in tea hid some stains, and I decided to place my panels so that one of them would hide the hole.
I stamped the images onto tea dyed muslin. Stamping on fabric usually works best with tightly woven fabrics. For this project, I chose a piece of muslin that was smooth but not stiff, so that it didn’t interfere with the soft hand of the linen. I used Colorbox Chalk Ink in Dark Brown and heat set the images with an iron. For more information on stamping on fabric, check out this post.
I like to stamp onto a piece of fabric that I can discard if the image doesn’t come out well. I also like to stamp on a piece of fabric that is larger than I think I will need, and then trim the fabric later. That way if I stamp crooked or off-center, I can make up for that when I trim the piece.
I trimmed all the pieces to the same size using a rotary cutter. Then I pinned them in place on the centerpiece.
I stitched each piece down with a zigzag stitch. Then I added vintage lace around each panel.
I’m still contemplating what other pieces I will make for my Wonderland Tea. I hope you’ll check back and see what I come up with!
Starshine Wishes,
Karen
